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A DARING VOYAGE. 



a" daring voyage 

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 



BY 

TWO AMERICANS, THE BROTHERS ANDREWS. 




THE "NAUTILUS. 

infect long, 6 feet 7 inches wide, 2 feet 3 inches deep. 

THE LOG OF THE VOYAGE BY CAPTAIN WILLJAM A. ANDREWS. 

With Introduction and Notes by Dr.. Macaulay, 
Editor of "The Boy's Own Paper." 



NEW YORK: 

E. P. DUTTON AND CO. 

GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON. 
MDCCCLXXX. 



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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

PAGE 

The First Idea of the Voyage i 



CHAPTER II. 
Crossing the Atlantic 5 

CHAPTER III. 
Perils of the Atlantic 17 

CHAPTER IV. 
Perils of the "Nautilus" and Crew . . . -39 

CHAPTER V. 
The Log of the "Nautilus" 47 

CHAPTER VI. 
Remarks on the Log 131 



A DARING VOYAGE 

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 



CHAPTER I. 

The First Idea of the Voyage. 

It was a splendid afternoon in the month of 
September, 1877. Two brothers, William 
A. Andrews and Asa Walter Andrews, were 
seated on the cliffs above the entrance of 
Beverly Harbour, in New England. A re- 
freshing breeze was blowing from the south, 
and wafting numerous small boats on the 
waters before them in every direction. It 
was a delightful locality, on the brow of a 
bluff, and the scene unexcelled by any on the 
eastern coast of America. On the left was 

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the pleasant rural residence of the Burgess 
family, while on the right, across the en- 
trance to the harbour, was the well-known 
Juniper Point, with Lowell Camp, a favourite 
holiday resort. Here Boston men, and 
many others, are wont to repair for rest 
and change from the toils and troubles 
of business life — boating, bathing, fishing, 
cooking their own meals, and otherwise en- 
joying a time of recreation. 

Gazing from the height out on to the broad 
Atlantic, beyond the numerous islands on the 
coast, one of the brothers broke a long 
silence by saying to the other, " Let us cross 
the old ocean in one of these Dories," — 
pointing down to a number of boats that lay 
moored almost under where they were 
sitting. 

" Give me your hand," said the other, " I'll 
go with you ;" and they shook hands, agreeing 
to make the voyage. 



The First Idea of the Voyage. 3 

It was a sudden impulse, but the purpose 
was formed, and they kept to it. They re- 
solved to wait till the following year, and to 
start in June, which was thought the best 
time for so great a voyage. The winter 
would afford leisure for preparation, and 
especially for perfecting such knowledge of 
navigation as would suffice for the under- 
taking. 

In May of the next year, 1878, a boat was 

ordered, and built by Higgins and Gifford, 

famous builders at Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

The name " Nautilus " was chosen by the 

elder brother, who said in a letter to the 

editor of The Boys Own Paper, " I understand 

it is a Greek word signifying a miniature ship. 

It is from their resemblance to miniature 

ships that the nautilus of naturalists has its 

name. They have but one sail, and what 

might be construed to represent oars (their 

appendages) ; so it was suggestive to me to 
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name my boat after them. There was a boat 
in Boston at the time of the same name, 
which had met with various accidents, and 
was always in trouble of seme kind. The 
thought often crossed my mind that it was 
therefore an unlucky name. But my general 
disbelief in such superstitious ideas soon 
overcame that prejudice, and we resolved 
that, come what would, this should be its 
appellation. Jules Verne, in his ' Twenty 
Thousand Leagues under the Sea,' also named 
the nondescript vessel of his fertile imagina- 
tion although of no resemblance in the least), 
the Nautilus." So the name was fixed, and 
the boat was at Boston ready for the voyage. 




CHAPTER II. 

Crossing the Atlantic. 

Merchant ships and mail steamers are cross- 
ing the Atlantic Ocean all the year round. 
Some are huge vessels, well-appointed and 
well-manned ; others are small craft that seem 
scarcely fit for so vast a voyage, for it is three 
thousand miles, more or less, according to the 
port of departure, and the passage always 
uncertain, and often stormy. Compared with 
much longer voyages — that to Australia, for 
example — the perils of crossing the Atlantic 
are far greater. The sailor can never count 
on the wind and weather two days together, 
as in the seas where the steady trade-winds 
blow. 



6 A Daring Voyage. 

Not to go back to the ancient Norsemen, 
who were the first, it is now generally be- 
lieved, to touch the coasts of North America, 
the voyage of Christopher Columbus is the 
earliest in authentic history. There are few 
boys who have not heard of the long delays 
and bitter disappointments which hindered 
the brave Genoese from attempting to carry 
out the dreams of his early life. It was not 
till he was fifty-six years of age that he 
obtained the patronage of King Ferdinand 
and Queen Isabella of Spain, and persuaded 
Martin Alonzo Pinzon, a wealthy navigator, 
to supply the ships and funds for the expedi- 
tion. At last the little squadron of three 
vessels sailed from Palos, a poor trading-port 
on the coast of Andalusia, on Friday, August 
3rd, 1492. 

So solemn and terrible an undertaking it 
seemed to cross the ocean, beyond which 
Columbus felt sure there was another world 



Crossing the Atlantic. 7 

unknown to the ancients, that he went publicly 
to confession and communion, and would no 
doubt have made his will if he had had any 
property to leave. But even his small share 
of the expense was advanced to him on the 
faith of his sanguine promises. 

We are not going to tell anything now of 
his romantic adventures, but wish to notice 
chiefly the small size of the vessels. Only 
one, the u Santa Maria," prepared expressly 
for the expedition, was decked. On this the 
admiral hoisted his flag. The other two were 
light barques, called caravels, not larger than 
our coasting or deep-sea fishing boats, with- 
out deck in the centre, but built high at prow 
and stern, with forecastle and cabins for the 
crew. 

The "Pinta" was commanded by Martin 
Pinzon, with his brother Francisco as pilot. 
Another brother, Vicente Pinzon, commanded 
the " Nina," a single-masted boat with lateen 



8 A Daring Voyage. 

sails. In the three boats there were 120 
persons, all told, ninety of them seamen, the 
others including notaries, physicians, servants, 
and private adventurers or traders. 

It was on the 25th of September, the fifty- 
second day of the voyage, that the joyous cry 
of " Land ! " was heard, and all joined in 
chanting the " Gloria in excelsis." It was a 
false alarm, however, and not till Friday, the 
1 2th of October, did they set foot on terra 
firma. For many days the dejection of the 
voyagers was as great as had been their 
sudden elation. 

Columbus alone sustained his hope amidst 
the gloom and the despair of all. By steer- 
ing ever to the west he knew he must come to 
India, or to Cipango of the East (Japan), if 
he found no land intervening. And he came 
upon the islands of the West Indies just in 
time to be saved from the violence of the now 
mutinous crews. This spirit they showed 



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even after land-birds had come to the ships, 
and herbage, fresh and green, was floating by. 
Terror and superstition prevailed, and these 
hopeful signs were regarded as so many de- 
lusions luring them to destruction. But all 
ended well, and the three ships of Columbus 
are named with immortal honour. 

But now let us come home to our own time, 
and see three other vessels, crossing the 
Atlantic from the West towards Europe. It 
is no voyage of mysterious terror and untried 
adventure with these modern voyagers. 
Three trim pleasure yachts, such as we see on 
our own waters, are careering across the 
ocean on a racing match. It is an event 
worth briefly recalling in contrast to the old 
voyage of the caravels of Columbus. 

In 1 85 1 the arrival of the far-famed yacht 
" America" had caused a great sensation 
among yachting men, and no little astonish- 
ment was expressed when she carried off the 



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prize in all the matches of the season at Ryde. 
It was plain that something was to be learned 
from the other side of the Atlantic. 

In 1866 the great " ocean yacht race " came 
as a new surprise, Three vessels contested 
this race, the " Henrietta," the " Fleetwing," 
and the " Vesta," the two former being regular 
schooner-built keel boats, and the latter what 
is called a centre-board vessel — that is, fitted 
with a shifting keel, which could be drawn 
up at pleasure— a great advantage when sail- 
ing before the wind with a light breeze, but 
not so safe in a rough sea, with foul or head 
wind. 

The "Henrietta" carried twenty-two sea- 
men, besides her sailing-master, several 
experienced navigators, and her owner, Mr. 
Bennett, of the New York Herald, twenty- 
eight souls all told. The " Fleetwing " and 
the " Vesta " had each twenty-two on board. 

The race was not for honour only, but a 



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sweep of 30,000 dollars each was entered 
into, the winner to pocket the whole, making 
a gain of somewhere about 10,000/. 

The course was from Sandy Hook bar to 
Cowes, no time allowance, and the first 
arrived to win. 

They started December nth, 1866, at one 
o'clock, the sun shining brightly, with blue 
sky, but the air keen and frosty. An im- 
mense flotilla of steamers, yachts, boats, and 
all manner of craft went down the bay to see 
them off, with universal huzzahing and with 
playing of the " Star-spangled Banner " and 
" Yankee Doodle." 

The " Henrietta" ran 235 miles in the first 
twenty-four hours from the start, after which 
she averaged fourteen knots an hour through- 
out the voyage. She encountered very 
heavy weather halfway across, having several 
men washed overboard, and having to lay to 
some hours. She kept on the same tack all 



14 A Daring Voyage. 

through, hardly veering ten miles from a 
straight line drawn on the chart from Sandy 
Hook till she sighted the Needles. Passing 
this point on the afternoon of Christmas 
Day, she reached Cowes the same evening, 
completing the voyage from Sandy Hook in 
13 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes. The " Fleet- 
wing " came in one hour and twenty minutes 
later, and the " Vesta " at four next morning, 
so that it was a very close run over a distance 
of more than 3000 miles. 

There was nothing wonderful in this race, 
which proved the excellence of the boats, but 
gave no opportunity for much skill in seaman- 
ship., An English yacht, the " Themis," had 
not long before crossed, and gone down the 
coast, and through the Straits of Magellan. 
Lord Dufferin had also made his adventurous 
voyage in " High Latitudes " in a yacht less 
than half the size of the " Henrietta." 

The ocean feats of the caravels of the 



Crossing the Atlantic. 15 

fifteenth century or the yachts of our own 
time have been surpassed by daring voyagers 
who have crossed the Atlantic in far smaller 
vessels. 

One of the most remarkable instances was 
the voyage of Captain Thomas Crapo and his 
wife, in a boat called the " New Bedford," so 
named after the port of New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, from which they sailed. It 
was a boat of about two tons' burden, with 
two masts, and was schooner-rigged, with 
what are called leg-of-mutton sails. Leaving 
New Bedford on the 28th May, 1877, and 
Chatham (Massachusetts) on the 2nd June, 
the Wolf Rock Light, off Land's End, Corn- 
wall, was sighted on the 22nd July, and 
anchor cast off Newland, Penzance, the same 
night at eleven. The captain was an ex- 
perienced sailor, having already crossed the 
Atlantic twenty-one times. The passage, 
though on the whole uneventful, was some- 



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times very rough, and we admire the pluck 
and skill of Captain Crapo and the endurance 
of his wife, who would not let him go without 
her. She was said to be a native of Glasgow, 
but her father a Swede, and her mother a 
native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

Captain Crapo's voyage beat all that had 
gone before as to the size of his boat, but a 
more remarkable passage has been since made 
by the two brothers Andrews, of Boston, 
in the " Nautilus," by far the smallest boat 
that has ever crossed the Atlantic. In length 
it is under twenty feet, in breadth about six 
and a half, in depth two feet three inches. 

This tiny shell of a boat was at the Paris 
Exhibition, and was afterwards seen in Lon- 
don and at Brighton, where the editor of The 
Boy s Own Paper made the acquaintance of 
the adventurous brothers, and arranged for 
publishing a narrative of the voyage. 



CHAPTER III. 

Perils of the Atlantic. 

Although old voyagers speak unconcernedly 
about the broad Atlantic as an " Ocean Ferry," 
large steamers perpetually going to and fro, 
and although the passage is usually safe with 
good ships and good seamanship, yet it is 
liable to many of " the dangers of the deep." 
In the old times, when only sailing ships 
were known, never a year passed without a 
sad list of wrecks and disasters. So terrible 
were the losses, that the British Admiralty set 
on foot official inquiries as to the cause of the 
frequent storms on certain parts of the At- 
lantic. The result of the inquiry was that 
the uncertain and violent winds are chiefly 
caused by the irregularity between the tem- 

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1 8 A Daring Voyage. 

perature of the Gulf Stream and of the regions 
reached by it. 

The Gulf Stream is the name given to a 
great body of water ever flowing northward 
from the equator towards the poles, in certain 
well-defined parts of the ocean. It is this 
stream which carries the temperature of sum- 
mer, even in the dead of winter, as far north 
as the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The 
moisture deposited from the warmer air, on 
reaching colder atmosphere, is the cause of the 
fogs that commonly cloud that region. 

The usual dampness of the British Islands, 
especially of Ireland, is due to this great ocean 
stream, which has at the same time the bene- 
ficent effect of tempering the cold of winter in 
north-western Europe. But for its influence 
the climate of Britain would be as rigorous 
as that of the coasts of Labrador, which 
are ever fast-bound in fetters of ice, though 
in the same latitude. Sometimes the harbour 



Crossing the Atlantic. 19 

of St. John's, Newfoundland, has been closed 
with ice as late as the month of June ; yet 
who ever heard of the port of Liverpool, on 
the other side, though two degrees farther 
north, being closed with ice even in winter ? 

But while the Gulf Stream has this benign 
influence on the climate of Europe, it has 
often a disastrous effect on the atmosphere of 
the ocean. Captain Maury, to whom science 
owes much of its knowledge of ocean cur- 
rents, says that "the Gulf Stream is, to use 
a sailor expression, the great weather-breeder" 
of the North Atlantic Ocean. The most 
furious gales sweep along with it ; and the 
dense fogs of the north, which so much en- 
danger navigation in winter, doubtless owe 
their existence to the presence, in that cold 
sea, of immense volumes of warm water 
brought by the Gulf Stream. 

Sir Philip Brooke found the air on each 

side of it at the freezing point, while that of 
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20 A Daring Voyage. 

its waters was 8o° of Fahrenheit. The heavy, 
warm, damp air over the current caused 
great irregularity in his chronometers. The 
excess of heat daily brought northward by the 
waters from the tropics would, if suddenly set 
free, be sufficient to make the column of super- 
incumbent atmosphere hotter than molten 
iron. With such an element of atmospherical 
disturbance in its bosom, we might expect 
storms of the most violent kind to accompany 
it in its course. Accordingly, the most ter- 
rific that rage on the ocean have been known 
to be near its borders. Some of these great 
storms begin far away in the tropics, and 
travel northwards as cyclones, their force not 
always being spent before reaching the shores 
of western Europe. 

These are the disturbances, the existence 
and passage of which are now regularly 
telegraphed from America, and of which due 
notice appears in the weather- warnings of the 



Crossing the Atlantic. 21 

meteorological tables published in our daily- 
papers. But apart from these great hurri- 
canes, some of which have left dark records 
in history, there are constant disturbances 
caused by the varying temperature of the 
ocean, rendering the weather of the Northern 
Atlantic always changeable and uncertain. 

Since the introduction of steam navigation 
the dangers of the Atlantic have been greatly- 
lessened, although disasters when they do 
occur are of a magnitude unknown before. 
The first steamer that crossed the Atlantic 
was the " Sinus,'' in 1838, the year after the 
accession of Queen Victoria. In the year 
1 84 1 the first great disaster occurred, in the 
mysterious and still unexplained disappear- 
ance of the " President." The latest account 
we have of her is that she left New York on 
the nth of March, having on board, among 
many passengers, a son of the Duke of Rich- 
mond, the Rev. B. Cookman, and Mr. Power, 



22 A Daring Voyage. 

a popular author and actor of Irish characters. 
Whether the ill-fated vessel was overwhelmed 
in a tempest, like the " Cambria" in 1870, or 
caught fire like the " Amazon " in 1852, or 
was run down by another vessel like the 
" Ville de Havre" in 1873, will never now 
be known. As icebergs are rarely met 
with in the course she would have taken, 
this could hardly have been the cause of 
her doom, although sometimes a real source 
of danger. 

We read, for instance, in the month of 
April of this year, that on her way to New 
York the Belgian steamer " Ferdinand Van 
der Taelan," Captain Catloor, was laid to on 
the night of the 18th ult., owing to the 
presence of ice in the Atlantic. At daybreak, 
the weather being clear and very cold, a 
tremendous iceberg was observed towering 
over the deck of the steamer. Measure- 
ments taken by means of the sextant showed 



Crossing the Atlantic. 23 

the height of the berg to be 300 ft., its length 
about 1000 ft., and its thickness 400 ft. In 
view of the danger of continuing on her 
course the steamer's head was turned to the 
southward, and the ice was left behind. A 
heavy gale was met on the 20th, and on the 
23rd a wooden vessel about 70 ft. long was 
passed floating bottom up. 

It is a terrible fact, which may startle some 
of our readers, that in thirty years after 
the loss of the " President " nearly sixty 
steamers, including the West India mail-boats, 
have been destroyed while on their passage 
across the Atlantic. Of these, seven, after 
leaving port, disappeared and have never 
since been heard of. Four were run down by 
or V collided " with other vessels. Four were 
burned. One, the " Canadian," ran on sunken 
ice in the Straits of Belle Isle on the 4th June, 
1 86 1 ; one, the " Helena Sloman," foundered 
in mid ocean in November, 1850; and 



24 A Daring Voyage. 

another, the " Hibernia," met the same fate 
off the coast of Ireland in 1868. 

The remainder of the melancholy list, or 
about one each year, were wrecked either on 
the Irish or British coasts, or on those of 
America, or on islands and rocks off them. 
One only, the u Iowa," an American vessel, 
was wrecked on the French coast, near Cher- 
bourg, in 1864. At least eight of the sixty 
ran on the shores of either Nova Scotia or 
Newfoundland, in the foggy weather which 
usually endangers these regions. 

There has been a proportional number of 
losses in the last few years, but we have not 
the detailed report of recent wrecks before 
us. One fearful and hitherto undescribed 
cause of disaster was revealed by the dis- 
covery of what can be only called an infernal 
plot by a German to destroy an emigrant 
steamer, by causing an explosion of dynamite 
during the passage. A piece of skilful 



Crossing the Atlantic. 25 

mechanism was arranged so as to sink the 
ship with all souls on board, for the sake of 
the insurance money upon part of the cargo. 
The providential explosion of the charge 
prematurely, before starting, led to the dis- 
covery of the nefarious plot, and has caused 
the uncomfortable suspicion that some of 
the previous mysterious losses may possibly 
have been due to similar causes. 

On the 1 2th of November, 1879, the 
Guion Steamship Company's new liner, the 
" Arizona," carrying nearly four hundred 
human beings and a valuable cargo, came 
into violent collision with an iceberg, owing 
to its vicinity not having been discovered in 
time. It appears that at about eight o'clock 
on the evening of the day in question, a heavy 
black cloud arose across the "Arizona's" bows, 
increasing in density during the next three- 
quarters of an hour. The vessel was going 
at full speed, and it was with the greatest 



26 A Daring Voyage. 

difficulty that the men on the look-out could 
make out objects immediately ahead. 

The "whale-back," as it is called, or covered 
roof at the extreme point of the bows, to 
prevent the noble craft from shipping water 
when she dips her nose into a wave, was in 
course of being painted, and therefore the 
look-outs, instead of taking their customary 
places upon the " whale-back," were relegated 
to the " skid bridge " just behind it. The 
Liverpool stipendiary magistrate, assisted by 
three competent and experienced sea-captains 
as assessors, have pronounced the decision 
of the Court of Inquiry instituted by the 
Board of trade with a view to investigating 
the circumstances of the accident, which 
happily resulted in no loss of life, but which 
might in an instant have plunged four hun- 
dred souls into the whirlpool of waters. 

It transpired before the Court of Inquiry, 
that on the day before her encounter with an 



Crossing the Atlantic. 2 7 

iceberg, the " Arizona " passed — fortunately 
by daylight — an abandoned vessel so closely 
that her sailors and passengers could, without 
difficulty, read the ship's name, and the port 
of Sunderland, upon the derelict's bows. The 
incident recalls a danger from which, espe- 
cially by night, vessels ploughing the great 
deep can never hope to be free. 

Mr. Thomas Brassey has more than once 
expressed the opinion that deserted vessels of 
this kind are almost as formidable to their 
living sisters as a sunken rock. In the 
" Voyage in the ' Sunbeam ' " it is recorded 
that one morning her master and owner went 
on deck, when some 350 miles west of 
Ushant, and that about half-past ten a cry of 
" Sail on the port beam ! " caused general 
excitement on board the u Sunbeam." Every 
telescope in the yacht was brought to bear 
upon the stranger, and orders were given to 
steer direct for the vessel. "Soon we were 



28 A Daring Voyage. 

near enough," says the narrative, " to send a 
boat's crew on board, while we watched their 
movements anxiously from the bridge. She 
was from two to three hundred tons' burden, 
and beneath her white bowsprit the gaudy 
image of a woman served as figure-head. 
We could now read her name — the ' Caro- 
lina ' — surmounted by a gorgeous yellow 
decoration on her stern." The " Carolina " 
was a derelict, with her masts snapped off 
close to the deck and her bulwarks gone. 
She was laden with port wine and cork, and 
it was with difficulty that the crew could be 
restrained from bringing some of the wine on 
board the " Sunbeam." To have towed the 
deserted vessel into the nearest port — nearly 
400 miles distant — would have been too long 
a job, nor, with the limited appliances on 
board the " Sunbeam," was it possible to 
blow the " Carolina " up ; " and thus," says 
Mrs. Brassey, "we were obliged to leave her 



Crossing the Atlantic, 29 

floating about as a derelict, a fertile source of 
danger to all ships crossing her track." 

With her buoyant cargo, and the trade winds 
slowly wafting her to smoother seas, it may 
probably be some years before she breaks 
up. Who can say whether, at this moment, 
the hapless " Carolina " may not be still 
afloat and full of menace to some " good tall 
ship " which may have the ill-luck to run into 
her ? The incident shows the often uncon- 
sidered dangers to which vessels at sea are 
perpetually exposed. 

By those who have not closely studied the 
subject, it is generally supposed that ship- 
wrecks are mostly caused by the raging of 
the elements. This is certainly the chief 
source of fear to landsmen in anticipation of 
a voyage. But of thirty vessels which went 
on shore, not more than three or four appear 
to have suffered directly in consequence of 
heavy weather. Miscalculation as to dis- 



3<d A Daring Voyage. 

tances run, or courses steered, unreckoned 
currents of the ocean, clouded nights or foggy 
days, and the absence of strict watch, have 
been the chief causes of disaster. The want 
of discipline implied in the last-named cause 
has been at the bottom of many calamities, 
especially by fire, and by collision with other 
vessels. It is noteworthy that during the 
thirty-three years of which we have been 
speaking, the Cunard Company, on board 
whose liners the discipline is as strict as in 
Her Majesty's Navy, never had damage done 
to one ship, nor lost a man by the perils of 
the sea. 

There is a weird fascination in reading the 
accounts of the terrible disasters that befall 
great steamships. Few of the sixty wrecks 
and calamities referred to but were attended 
with serious loss of life. When the " Atlantic " 
was wrecked on Meagher's Head, off Nova 
Scotia, in 1873, no less than 562 persons 



Crossing the Atlantic. 33 

were drowned ; with the " City of Glasgow," 
in 1854, 480 people perished. When the 
"Austria" was burned in mid-ocean, in 1858, 
470 lives were lost ; with the " Arctic," 300 ; 
with the "Anglo-Saxon," 372 ; and with the 
" Ville de Havre," when struck by the 
" Lochearn," in 1873, 226 went down. That 
year was fatal to no less than six great 
steamers, but the average of the whole period 
for 1838 to 1878, has not been above three 
ships in every two years. 

Of all these disasters, the one which produced 
the greatest impression of horror was the loss 
of the "Amazon," West India Mail steamer, 
by fire, in 1852. She was the largest steam- 
ship ever then launched from an English 
dockyard. Her officers and crew numbered 
110 men, and she carried fifty passengers, 
among whom was the lamented Eliot War- 
burton, author of the popular book of travels, 
" The Crescent and the Cross." 

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34 A Daring Voyage. 

She left Southampton January 2nd. The 
engines were soon found to work badly, and 
heated the surrounding woodwork, much of 
which was Dantzic pine, a most inflammable 
material. She had not been thirty-six hours at 
sea when, as she was entering the Bay of Biscay 
against a strong head-wind, flames suddenly 
burst forth from the engine-room. All efforts 
to subdue them proved unavailing. There 
were boats enough to carry all on board, but 
through difficulty in lowering them, as too 
commonly happens, only two boats, the pin- 
nace and dingy, got afloat, and saved 58 out 
of the 162 who left England, the other boats 
being capsized or burned. 

After giving this saddening account of 
disasters, it is only right to turn to the brighter 
side of the record. Let it be remembered 
that now on an average there is a steamer 
starting from an American or European port 
every day in every year. Thus, after all, the 



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percentage of losses is not great, and the risks 
of life are really not greater by sea than by 
land, even when the voyage is across the 
Atlantic. Then it is certain that the disasters 
are fewest where the ships are well-built and 
well-manned, and where discipline is best kept 
up. The prosperous career of the Cunard 
ships we have already noted, and there are 
now few mishaps to the ships of the other 
great Companies who share the passenger 
traffic. 

Accidents at sea never happen without a 
cause, and in rare instances is a tempest or 
other natural or external influence the cause 
of disaster. Mr W. H. Kingston, a good 
authority in nautical matters, and well ac- 
quainted with the history of transatlantic 
voyages, has thus written : "It may be 
affirmed that if steamers are properly built, 
their machinery thoroughly strong and sound, 

if their cargo is well-stowed, if due precau- 
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36 A Daring Voyage. 

tions are taken against fire, if they are care- 
fully navigated, and a vigilant look-out kept 
in fine weather as well as foul, there is the 
least possible risk from the dangers of the sea, 
The passage across the Atlantic should be as 
safe as that between England and Ireland, 
and safer than a journey from London to 
Edinburgh." 

The perils against which it is least easy to 
take precaution are those caused by ice or 
by floating wreckage. To avoid the former 
it is usual for steamers to take as far south- 
ward a course as possible at the season when 
ice is likely to be met with. The floating 
wreckage can only be avoided by perpetual 
watchfulness in the look-out. 

We have given these particulars about 
ocean navigation, both because the subject is 
interesting in itself, and because many 
readers will sometime cross the Atlantic 
in steamers, or in sailing ships. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Perils of the "Nautilus" and Crew. 



The voyage of these two Americans in their 
little " Nautilus," implied perils tenfold more 
serious than the passage of any steamer or 
sailing vessel. Besides the dangers from 
winds and waves, or from being run down 
in fog or darkness, a small craft is more liable 
to injury from floating spars or other drifting 
wreckage always abounding in the Atlantic. 
But far more perilous was the risk from the 
long exposure and the continuous strain, with 
prospect of little rest and less sleep. The 
odds were greatly against the success of the 
adventure, and this would be more decidedly 
the opinion, after the failure of an attempt 



40 A Daring Voyage. 

made since, with very distressing and almost 
fatal results. In fact many old salts, even 
after seeing the boat and the men, retain a 
certain incredulity as to the voyage being 
fairly made all the way without any towing 
or other aid. The perusal of the log will 
alone suffice to remove all doubts, and to 
secure due honour to the brothers Andrews 
for their skill, pluck, and perseverance. 

This honour was heartily accorded to them 
by the voice of public opinion, uttered 
through the press, both in England and 
France as well as America. As soon as the 
arrival in Europe, in Cornwall, could be 
heard of, special reporters and interviewers 
made their appearance, one of whom, the 
correspondent of the New York Herald in 
London, telegraphed back to America the 
substance of the log, from which he took 
extracts, descriptive of the voyage. The 
voyage was resumed, after a few days' rest, 



Crossing the Atlantic. 4 [ 

for Havre and for Paris, the great Exposition 
offering a tempting opportunity for intro- 
ducing the " Nautilus" to the crowded Paris of 
1878. 1 What was thought of the voyage may 
be seen from part of an article in the Con- 
tinental Gazette , Paris, Sept. 5th, 1878 : — 

" Every American now in Paris, every 
American who admires pluck and daring, 



1 The French bill announcing the exhibition at Paris 
is a curiosity worth preserving. At the head is a picture 
of the boat with sail set. 

LTNCEOYABLE. 

UJS'E 

Traversee de l'Ocean de Boston au Havre en 45 Jours, 

SUR UNE COQUILLE DE KOIX. 

Les deux freres Andrew viennent d'accomplir la 
traversee la plus audacieuse jusqu'a ce jour a travers 
l'Oce'an sur un batelet appele' le Nautilus, dont 
les dimensions demontrent le courage de ces hardis 
navigateurs. Venez 6 h }f. Avenue Rapp, vous faire 
expliquer par eux toutes les peripeties du voyage, voir 
le bateau et tous les accessoires qui ont servi a. la 
traversee. 



42 A Daring Voyage. 

and who respects success, should pay a visit 
to the building near the Exposition in the 
Avenue Rapp, where two adventurous 
Yankees have installed the cockle-shell in 
which in forty-five days they crossed the 
stormy and capricious Atlantic. 

"It is a wonderful example of human will 
conquering natural difficulties. There was 
everything to oppose these men in their enter- 
prise. Surges sang dirges to them, but they 
would not listen. Monsters of the deep sniffed 
contemptuously at the little one-ton boat, and 
sometimes followed it as if they intended an 
attack. The winds blew and threatened. 
The rains descended and stiffened the limbs 
of the two bold men. But they sailed on. 
Each man took his turn at the helm for four 
hours at a time. The little craft was so often 
below the horizon that observations were 
taken with difficulty. Several times there 
were calms which almost brought despair to 






Crossing the Atlantic. 43 

the hearts of the striving men. ' But,' says 
Walter, ' if it had not been for one of those 
calms, I should net have been here now. 
We had a chance to board the ship " C. L. 
Carney," ot New York, and the captain gave 
me some Fryar's Balsam, which cured a 
grievous hemorrhage, which put my life in 
danger.' 

" One can hardly believe that such a dimi- 
nutive craft as the ' Nautilus ' could stand the 
wear and tear of ocean travel as he gazes at 
her thin half-inch deck and sides. There 
is not room for a grown man to turn over in 
her little cabin. The Andrews brothers 
were compelled to keep their wet clothes on 
day after day, and their sleep was always 
broken. Sometimes they did not rest at all 
for a week. They had hot coffee but few 
times in the forty-five days, and they ate but 
little. They set their whole reserve force, 
and it appears to have been great, to the task 



44 -d. Daring Voyage. 

of getting across. Such men deserve cordial 
recognition. They are not even sailors. 
They are artisans. They had their own 
lack of knowledge against them. But they 
have demonstrated what strong will can do. 
Go and see the ' Nautilus.' It is something 
which you will never forget." 

The Paris Figaro was equally generous 
and enthusiastic in their praise. The New 
York Herald devoted two columns to the 
" Nautilus " and crew ; also the London 
Standard, and other journals on both sides 
the Atlantic. The papers in fact were all 
very profuse with both illustrations and 
articles, and the brothers modestly said, " We 
unite in humbly thanking the press of the 
world for the courtesy that has been extended 
towards us." 



: ~^^z 



CHAPTER V. 

Start of the " Nautilus " from Boston, 
and Log of the Voyage. 

We must now recross to the American 
side, and go back to June 7th, 1878, when 
the " Nautilus " started from the harbour of 
Boston, Massachusetts. The following ap- 
peared in the Boston Herald of the following 
day, June 8th : — 

" Departure of the Nautilus — the An- 
drews Brothers sail from City Point 
to cross the atlantic in their little 
Boat — A good Start and much warm 
Encouragement. 

" At three o'clock yesterday afternoon the 
very smallest boat that ever started to cross 



48 A Daring Voyage, 

the Atlantic Ocean sailed from Mr. P. Coyne's 
Wharf, foot of O Street, City Point, bound 
for Paris, France. For several weeks the 
two Andrews Brothers, who take this little 
boat across, have been busily engaged prepar- 
ing for the trip. They intended to start last 
Tuesday, but, owing to a dead east wind, 
they delayed till yesterday, which fortunately 
turned out to be a splendid day, and just such 
a one as they had been wishing for. A bul- 
letin on the pier announced that the start 
would be made sharp at three p.m , but as 
early as eleven in the forenoon the stone pier 
was crowded, and the good-humoured throng 
waited patiently till the hour of sailing with- 
out murmuring. The several intervening 
hours were spent examining the boat and 
scanning the physique of the two men who 
were to attempt the hazardous undertaking 
of sailing her across the Atlantic. 

" The boat was built at Gloucester, Mass., 



Crossing the Atlantic. 49 

a short time ago, specially for this trip. She 
is a lap-streaked Dory. Her exact dimen- 
sions are 1 5 ft. on the bottom, 1 9 ft. over all, 
6 ft. 7 in. wide, and 2 ft. 3 in. deep. She has 
only one short mast near the bow, making her 
something of a cat rig. When launched she 
looks a great deal smaller than she really is. 
She is decked over from stem to stern, with 
two small hatchways, one mid-ships and the 
other aft, where the helmsman sits and steers. 
" She has one sail for ordinary weather— a 
lateen sail, which, when set, describes an 
acute triangle with the base resting on the 
deck of the boat. There is also a storm-sail, 
to be used when hove to at the drogue. 
They carry with them a Baker's improved oil 
compass, and an old-fashioned second-hand 
quadrant. They have a stock of provisions 
intended to last sixty days, mostly canned 
goods. They have sixty gallons of water in 
six ten-gallon kegs. As fast as the fresh 



50 A Daring Voyage. 

water is consumed the kegs will be filled with 
salt-water. 

" Should the two passengers of this little 
craft desire to have warm food, they can heat 
it with an oil stove or alcohol stove, both of 
which they have. 

" For the purpose of heaving-to at sea, they 
are provided with a novel kind of anchor (the 
drogue). It is a large canvas barrel-shaped 
bag, attached to fifty fathoms of rope. Dur- 
ing a storm this will be thrown into the water, 
and with their storm-sail set, and everything 
made snug, they can ride out a gale in mid- 
ocean. The boat is painted white, with a red, 
white, and blue stripe along her gunwale. 

" The men who intend to sail across the 
Atlantic Ocean in the ' Nautilus ' are brothers. 
The older, Wm. A. Andrews, is thirty-five 
years of age, was born in Manchester, Mass., 
and has had only a small amount of real ex- 
perience as a sailor. The report that they 







E 2 



Crossing the Atlantic. 53 

were sailors from boyhood is erroneous. 
William once visited the Grand Banks as a 
fisherman, and that is the sum total of his 
experience in navigation. He is married — 
has a wife and three children. They saw him 
off yesterday, and will remain here till they 
hear from him. A. Walter Andrews, aged 
twenty-three years, is unmarried, was born 
in Beverly, Mass., at which town both young 
men were reared. Walter has been to the 
Grand Banks several times as a fisherman, 
and has an inborn love for the sea. He has 
had several narrow escapes from drowning. 

" The start, that had been announced for 
Friday, naturally drew an immense throng of 
people, who crowded about the piers, piazzas, 
and roof of Mr. P. Coyne's hotel. Both 
sexes and all ages were represented. The 
bay was alive with craft — yachts, rowboats, 
and sculls from the rowing-club houses. 
Dories skimmed hither and thither.. Several 



54 A Daring Voyage. 

steam yachts kept up a constant whistling and 
puffing, adding a great deal of commotion to 
the scene. 

" At ten minutes to three o'clock, while a 
light breeze was fanning up from the west- 
ward, the " Nautilus," with her snow-white 
lateen sail fully set, gracefully tacked away 
from the floating stage to which she had been 
moored, and dropped leisurely out into the 
bay, about fifty yards from the shore, and then 
paused for about ten minutes. 

" At her peak were the Stars and Stripes 
of the United States and the Tricolour of 
France. The two flags snapped out loudly as 
they flashed in the wind. Walter Andrews 
sat smilingly at the helm ; standing in front 
of him, and peering vaguely towards the cast, 
was William, over whose face was a clearly 
defined expression of anxiety. As he stood 
there he seemed to be measuring the magni- 
tude of the dangers that he had to face. On 



Crossing the Atlantic. 55 

the boat sat Dr. Deering and his sister, friends 
of the brothers Andrews. 

" Sharp at three o'clock, three loud cheers 
rang out from the throngs along the piers, 
and the little boat started eastward on her 
perilous journey. As she passed through the 
flotilla of yachts that were sailing about the 
bay, she received many cheers. The yacht 
1 Hermes' was the first to salute the ' Nau- 
tilus ' with a gun. Salutes were then fired in 
the following order by the following yachts : 
— 'Enterprise/ ' Wivern,' 'Grade,' and ( Ivy,' 
the latter following up until opposite Long 
Island Light, and then gave the parting 
salute. The steamer ' Governor Andrew/ 
the l Three Brothers,' the Shawmut Boat 
Club steamer, and many others, honoured 
the tiny boat with salutes. The yachts, 
' Grade,' ' Louella,' ' Brenda,' ' Prima Donna,' 
'White Swallow,' 'Mist,' and a number of 
smaller craft, followed the young adventurers 



56 A Daring Voyage, 

far out beyond Long Island Light. Here 
Dr. Deering and sister bade farewell to their 
friends, the Andrews Brothers, and got on 
board of the ' Prima Donna,' and returned to 
City Point, while the ' Nautilus ' kept east- 
ward on her course, until she faded out of 
sight. After she had disappeared, at five 
o'clock a stiff west wind blew up. 

li They will make Land's End, England, 
first, and then proceed to Havre, France." 

So much for the " Boston Herald's " narra- 
tive, which mentions various things better 
told by another than by the heroic voyagers. 
And now to the 

LOG OF THE "NAUTILUS." 

Friday, June jtk, 1878. — Left Captain 
Coyne's Wharf, City Point, South Boston, 
Massachusetts, for Havre, France, at three 
o'clock this p.m., amid an enthusiastic send- 



The Log of the " Nautilus." 57 

off. When off Long Island wind shifted to 
east. Was advised to go to Beverly, and 
take the next fair wind from there ; so we 
parted company of friends. But the wind 
soon came round to S.W., and we bore away 
on our course. Yacht " Violet " spoke us off 
Boston Light, bidding us " God speed." 
Soon after tug-boat "Camilla" overhauled 
and spoke us. Soon left Minots Light out 
of sight, and shortly after sighted Highland 
Light, Cape Cod. The wind blowing a gale, 
the top of our binnacle came off, and went 
overboard. Shortly our white light lantern, 
our only light except the binnacle, went out 
by the pitching of the boat. Shortly after, 
the globe cracked and the side fell out. Soon 
our small binnacle light burnt out dry, leaving 
us in total darkness. Walter had to turn out 
and fill it in the dark as best he could, our 
little craft pitching heavily. Shortly after 
something very serious happened, and then 



58 A Daring Voyage. 

we concluded to return and repair damages, 
to make our berth a little more convenient, 
and get more substantial lights. When we 
put about, Highland Light bore S.W., distant 
about twelve miles, and was visible at day- 
light ; also the Highlands. We saw a shoal 
of whales this morning off Cape Cod, spout- 
ing and playing around us, also some por- 
poises. 

Saturday, June &t/z. — Wind S.W. Sighted 
Minots Lighthouse, and bore away for 
Beverly. Took observation as best I could 
with cloudy sky and bad horizon ; four miles 
E. of Boston Lighthouse, and made my lati- 
tude 42.20 N. I did not try to get longitude. 
Arrived in Beverly at 4 p.m. After fixing 
toilet and eating a few baked beans, left there 
at 5.48 for Boston. Arrived home at 8.30 
p.m., creating considerable excitement, my 
wife asking where was Walter, &c. I felt 
terribly mortified at losing such a good 



The Log of the "Nautilus." 61 

chance to get off the coast, and wondered how 
folks would talk about our returning, &c. 
But let them wonder ; we know ourselves 
what we are doing. Every small boat has 
put in somewhere before leaving the land 
for good. 

I felt terribly stiff and sore all over, and 
went right to bed to get rested ; did not 
want to see anybody. But I did allow my 
old friend Abbott an interview. Of course 
the remark was made that the old saying of 
sailing on Friday worked true enough, in our 
case any way. It commenced to rain at 4 
p.m., and drizzled all night. Made up my 
mind that it was all for the best. 

Sunday \ June gth. — The arrival of the 
" Nautilus " at Beverly was announced in the 
Beverly " Herald." There was a wrong state- 
ment in regard to our compass, it saying the 
needle broke, which was not the case. Wind 
N. ; rainy at intervals. 



62 A Daring Voyage. 

Monday, J tine \oth. — Wind N.E. Rainy 
at intervals. 

Tuesday, J tmewth. — Wind N.E. Crowds 
flock from far and near to seethe " Nautilus," 
the little beauty, as she lies moored in the 
dock. 

Wednesday, June \2th. — WindS.W. Took 
our departure from Beverly. Wind changed 
to S.E. Course E. by S. Had a good escort 
of Beverly friends as far as Baker's Island. 
Got poor observation, latitude 42.33 N. ; 
wind E., then N.E., then S.E.; the wind very 
light ; course various. Spoke " Lapstreak " 
boat, Captain Warren J aquith. He told us 
not to carry sail too long on the " Nautilus." 
Thunder and lightning with some rain at 8 
p.m. Calm from 9 p.m. till daylight. Lost 
sight of Thatcher's Island Light at 2 a.m. 
Run about thirty miles. 

Thursday, June i3M.-~Light westerly 
winds. Several sails in sight. Coffee for 



The Log of the "Nautilus? 63 

breakfast. Saw one whale and few porpoises. 
Got observation, latitude 42.14 N. Plenty of 
mackerel and mackerel sharks. Becalmed 
almost all day and all night. We have drifted 
nearly twenty miles off our course to the 
southward and eastward, making a run of 
about thirty miles. 

Friday, June i^th. — Foggy and calm. 
Fog lifted at 1 1 a.m. Saw three sails in 
sight. Got out our oars and started a fine 
white ash breeze, and spoke one of them, the 
British schooner " Jennie T. Hibbard," Cap- 
tain W. H. Dean, latitude 42.22 N., longi- 
tude 69.37 W. Being no wind the captain 
prevailed on us to come on board and get 
some dinner and recreation. It seems as 
though we had been out a week on the voyage. 
At 5 p.m., a light wind springing up, we left 
him, wishing us good luck, &c. Wind in- 
creased, and blew good breeze all night. The 
" Nautilus " behaved splendidly; course E. by 



/ 

/ 
/ 



64 A Daring Voyage. 

S. half S. ; wind S.E. ; changed to S.W. Run 
fifty-five miles. Fog came on at 10 p.m., 
and remained all night. 

Salter day, June i$tk. — Morning foggy and 
cold ; wind S.W. During a gleam of the fog 
saw a schooner. She saw us and ran down 
and spoke us. Proved to be the " Common- 
wealth," of Gloucester, a mackerel-catcher, 
117 miles from Thatcher's Island. Got 
observation, latitude 42.17 N. Soon set in 
foggy. Passed many logs, planks, &c. Blew 
fog-horn occasionally ; sometimes with re- 
sponse. Night very foggy. This keeping 
your eyes on the compass and watching for 
lights, blowing fog-horn, wet and cold with- 
out relief, watching the seas as they follow 
you, thinking now and again that you 
may hear a log come crashing through 
yc>ur half-inch cedar, is a novelty not to 
be desired long. We passed to the north- 
wards, of " George's Stormy Banks" in the 



The Log of the " Nautilus? 65 

night. Course E. by S. half S. Run 100 
miles. 

Sunday, June 16th. — Walter made some 
royal coffee for breakfast. Wind S.W. by S. 
Had a good wash. Saw a ship and schooner 
to the southward. Sun out and fog disap- 
pearing. Feel better. Got observation, lat. 
42.21 N. While getting observation was sur- 
rounded by shoal of porpoises, some striking 
the " Nautilus " with their tails. Two sails 
ahead. Passed Cunard steamer, distance one 
mile ; at same time spoke fishing schooner 
" Triumph," of North Haven, Maine. Got 
a pair of mittens from her ; gave them a 
corned shoulder " that we got from schooner, 
1 J. T. Hibbard' to grease our foretack with." 
Passed Brown's Bank. Big tide rips. Saw 
some very small birds resting on the water ; 
saw one that could not fly ; tried to catch him, 
but he dived under the " Nautilus." Moon 

rose awfully red. Passed a barque bound to 

F 



66 A Daring Voyage. 

the westward. Course E.S.E. Run sixty-five 
miles. 

Monday, June i Jtk. — Sun rose very red ; 
wind S.W., light. Latitude by observation 
42.13 N. Course E. by S. half S. Saw no 
sails to-day. Saw one shark ahead and tried 
to run over him. Wind shifted to N.E. this 
evening ; signs of a storm. " Beware of 
Sable Island." Thick fog set in. This is 
one of the luxuries in this part of " the Big 
Drink." Run about sixty-five miles. 

Tuesday, J tine i%th. — Rainy and foggy. 
Wind S.E. No coffee to-day; no sails either. 
We are " monarchs of all we survey." " What 
are the wild waves saying, dear sister ? " One 
wave broke clean over our little " Nautilus," 
but did not wet our bed, as Walter was in 
there, and the lid shut down. The sun came 
out for a few moments at about noon ; tried 
to get observation, but it was imperfect. 
Latitude 42.14 N. ; run fifty-five miles ; wind 



The Log of the " Nautilus!' 67 

shifted in the evening to S., then S.W. Cleared 
off and came on thick again. And it was so 
dark — oh ! how dark ! — you could not dis- 
tinguish the water from the mist. 

Wednesday, June 19th. — Wind S.W. ; bids 
fair to-day. " Coffee and sardines for two." 
Had a wash for a change. I saw a big smoke, 
and made for it ; they saw us, and changed 
their course accordingly. She proved to be 
the White Star steamer " Adriatic," lat. 
42.35 N., long. 59.20 W. Some one wanted 
to know if there were any more Yankees left 
over there. The purser wished to know if 
we wanted any fresh cooked stuff. Answered 
in the negative. She was from Liverpool, 
England, to New York. Could not hear 
anything scarcely for noise of steam blowing 
off. They gave us three rousing cheers, 
which we heartily reciprocated ; and as we 
bore away for Havre they cautioned us to 

beware of the propeller. They had read of 
f 2 



68 A Daring Voyage. 

us in the English papers, the departure from 
Boston having been telegraphed. This made 
us feel " better than turkey and plum-pud- 
ding." More than 440 miles from home, 
saw another sail ahead ; did not want to 
speak her. One was enough for to-day. 
She passed to windward of us. Got obser- 
vation, lat. 42.30. Passed another ship, 
bound N.W. Wind S. and S.W. At 7.30 p.m. 
sighted another steamer. Run sixty miles. 

Thursday, June 20th. — Wind S. and S.W., 
variable. A very heavy sea commenced run- 
ning at 3 a.m. ; had to reef, and shortly after 
to heave to. About 12 noon resumed our 
trip. Passed one of our namesakes, a nau- 
tilus, a fine specimen nine inches long. Passed 
two ships to leeward. About 2 a.m. heard 
horns blowing ; saw green light, and spoke 
fine ship " Henrietta," from Newport to St. 
John's, New Brunswick. Blowing strong, 
and ssas heavy. Could not say or talk much, 



The Log of the " Nautilus." 69 



it was so rough ; I do not think they saw 
anything but our light, for the captain wanted 
to know what schooner this was. We ex- 








plained a little, and I know he was relieved, 
when he said he would report us. Wind 
N.E., course E. by S. Tried our square sail 
to-day ; did not amount to much, for it would 
not give us steerage-way. Run fifty miles. 



jo A Daring Voyage. 

We are in the gulf stream, and it must be a 
good degree to the northward of where it is 
laid down on the chart. 

Saturday, June 21st. — Wind E. and N.E. 
Strong heavy sea running. Had to heave to 
and put out the drogue. 1 Soon took in the 
drogue and tried to run double-reefed. Could 
not. Tried our square sail, gave it up, and 
tried the drogue again. It looked like a storm 
in winter. The water was very bad from 3 
p.m. till 2 a.m., 22nd. I don't want to see any- 
thing any worse while in the " Nautilus." Rain, 
fog, wind, and cold. No warm grub. I don't 
think I ever saw such seas before, nearly all 
of them breaking. We had to put all of our 
cable on to the drogue, unship the rudder, 
make everything snug. The waves were 

1 The drogue, as explained on p. 50, is a canvas cylin- 
drical sack pendent from a broad hoop like the section of 
a barrel. When put out it steadies the boat, serving the 
purpose of a floating anchor. The drogue, it will be seen, 
was often in good use throughout the voyage. 



The Log of the " Nautilus." 7 1 

" mountains," truly. Run and course very 
doubtful. 

Saturday, June 22nd. — Lat. 42.53 N., long. 
56.55 W. Just passed a "Portuguese man- 
of-war." Wind N.E. Came on foggy shortly 




Portuguese Man-o'-War. 

after sunrise ; cleared up about 11 a.m. Very 
pleasant now. Picked up a bottle half-full of 
some sort of poor rum. Sunset very yellow, 
betokening plenty of wind to-morrow. The 
sea is bad enough now. Saw some skipjacks 



72 A Daring Voyage. 

and stormy petrel. The plot thickens. Course 
S.E. Fog came on, but cleared soon after. 
Wind E. and E. by N. More nautili ; water 
rough and head beat sea. 

At 4 a.m , 23rd, Walter sighted green 
light ahead ; gave one blast of fog-horn to 
let them know that we were on the starboard 
tack ; proved to be a ship ; showed our light, 
then put it out of sight and ran down to speak 
them ; but the moment we doused the "glim" 
(our light) they turned and ran before it, and 
we after them, for a mile or so, but finding a 
stern chase a long one, we gave it up and let 
them go ; so I blew my fog-horn and whistle 
alternately for a minute, and resumed our 
course as best we could on an E.S.E. wind. 
Shortly after they hove to till daylight. 
Whether they knew what we were or not I 
can't tell, but it is my impression that they 
must have taken us for the Flying Dutchman, 
and they did not want any of our correspond- 



The Log of the " Nautilus." 



73 



ence. We are getting to be a terror in these 
waters ; five days now banging around, hove 
to, and otherwise of no advantage to ourselves 
or any one else. Run and course under the 
circumstances very doubtful. 




Mother Carey's Chickens. 

Sunday, June 2^rd. — Wind N.E. and 
E. and S.E., all easterly. Lat. 42.50. No 
longitude for me ; foggy and discouraging 
enough. Got a rap on the head with the 
club of the sail, which nearly stunned me. 



74 A Daring Voyage. 

Coffee for breakfeast ; tomatoes and ham for 
dinner. At 5 p.m. sighted a ship, and as the 
wind was E. by S., and we could not lie our 
course, we waited for him to come up. Proved 
to be the ship " Tyro," of Yarmouth, N.S., 
Captain Raymond, long. 55.20 W. Wanted 
to know if we wanted him to take us off. Told 
him we guessed not. There were some lady 
passengers on board ; they cheered us heartily. 
Said his barometer indicated easterly winds ; 
said he would report us. Shortly after con- 
cluded that it would not pay for wear and 
tear, so we hove to at drogue, and remained 
all night. We are on the edge of the gulf 
stream. Run and course of ho consequence. 
Monday, June 2Atk. — Wind S.E. and very 
high. Rough sea. Still at the drogue. Saw 
steamship bound to the eastward and two 
ships to westward. A terrible high comb- 
ing sea running. Threw some oil to see 
what it was good for ; found that the smell of 



The Log of the " Nautilus" 75 

the cod-liver oil was about as disagreeable as 
the clean water breaking over us. The smell 
summoned all the Mother Carey's chickens, 
hagdens, marble-headers, and other sea-birds, 
from far and near to us. What scent they 
have, and such a hurrah as they set up ! Also 
a grampus came puffing along, and they were 
all disgusted, for they found only a " big cry 
and little wool." We are drifting to the 
N.W. Somehow or other, I can't keep 
Sable Island out of my mind, and I often 
stand up and look to leeward for it while at 
the drogue ; also for sails. 

Tuesday, June 25th. — Wind S.S.W. Bad 
sea running. Threw more oil. Don't mind 
the smell so much now, as the situation is be- 
coming a little more interesting. Ah ! can it 
be possible ? Yes, it is true — the wind is 
moderating. We hauled the drogue in at 
2 p.m., and started from this miserable place. 
Course S.E. by E. This is wild sailing. Oh, 



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how I wish some of my chums could see old 
Bill now ! Oh, that this scene could only be 
photographed on paper as it ever will be in 
my mind ! 

Came on foggy later in day. At dusk heard 
steam whistle. Blew our horn, showed our 
light, and saw a steamship coming head on. 
I gave the " Nautilus " a little starboard helm, 
and we passed within a few yards of her. I 
waved my hat ; they cheered as they passed. 
I heard some one ask if they could do any- 
thing for us. I asked what steamer that was, 
and heard some one say " New York," and they 
were lost to view in the fog and dusk. I saw 
New York in letters on the starboard side of 
her round stern. She was travelling like the 
wind, and if she struck a vessel she would 
strike them hard. Well, I guess they knew 
their business. A Mother Carey's chicken 
flew into our sail, and was stunned and fell 
nearly dead into my lap. Oh, how I pitied 



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the poor, quivering, fluttering visitor ! I took 
it as a good omen, though, and, as it recovered 
(for all sea-birds cannot rise from any hard 
substance) I placed it out on the raging water 
again, and had the satisfaction of seeing it fly 
away in the darkness. Rain ! Oh, how it 
rained ! and how we flew ! Sailed 200 miles 
these twenty-four hours. 

Wednesday, June2&h. — Wind S. W. Passed 
near to a large barque, painted green, bound 
to the W. Have since learnt from a lady 
passenger who saw us that it was a Russian 
barque, and was lost soon after, all hands 
taking to a raft. They were bothered by 
whales, and wondered if the whales bothered 
us. Oh, how it rained this p.m. I think we 
drove the " Nautilus " twenty miles in two 
hours. Cleared off this evening. No observa- 
tion to-day, or lately ; it has been so rough and 
foggy. Passed a ship bound W. in the night ; 
also a shoal of whales that were puffing, blus- 



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tering, and " playing engine." Course S.E. by 
E. An old hagden sea-bird saw us, and 
thought he had made a discovery. He came 
up and whirled round us several times, but 
as we did not pan out well for him he left. 
Position doubtful. 

Thursday y June 27th. — A heavy swell on 
this morning, but the first fine day for quite 
a spel 1 . All that we have in the shape of 
clothes and bedding and everything else that 
is not; air-tight are completely wet through. 
Stewed beans for breakfast. Course S.E. by 
E. ; wind S.W. At night a shoal of whales 
kind of made us feel uncomfortable. You 
could touch some of them with your hand. 
Their blowing was terrific. I was turned in, 
and Walter called me. I got all ready to 
jump out of bed pretty quick. Feeling tired 
and sick, I lay down again, telling Walter if 
he saw any coming head on with their mouths 
open to call me. It was so dark you could 



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not see twenty feet on the water. Some 
rubbed the boat with their sides. I think 
our light attracted them. There was but 
little wind, so we kept quiet, and believed 
in the old adage, that if you let them alone 
they will let you alone. I told Walter to 
put the light out of sight, which he did, but it 
made no difference. Shortly after I took the 
helm, and a breeze springing up, they de- 
parted, to our extreme pleasure. Early this 
morning a large steamer passed quite handy 
to us, but as they could not see us, kept right 
along. We wished that we had been a little 
farther that way. Feel better this morning, 
28 th. Calm, with little puffs from all 
quarters. Heavy swell running. 

Friday \ Jime 28th. — A royal breakfast — 
coffee with condensed milk, corned beef with 
"hard tack." Plenty of Mother Carey's 
chickens, hagdens, and marble - headers. 
Thick overhead.. Had a good wash, and we 



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are waiting for something to turn up. Walter 
has turned in for a short rest. Now he turns 
out we wedge our mast, make sail, and he 
turns in again. Got observation, though it 
was a hard job, 42.29 N., longitude, dead 
reckoning, 53.10 W. Passed between two 
ships, one going E. and the other W. This 
is the first one we have seen going E. Some 
whales. We did not show any light last 
night, just for fun. 

Saturday, June 2gtA. — This morning at 
daybreak I felt terribly sleepy, and with the 
greatest difficulty I kept my post at the helm. 
In spite of my exertions, however, I could not 
refrain from a momentary drowse ; yet my 
previous experience as a soldier on guard 
often reminded me to be a man, and be as 
vigilant to my own cause as I was to that of 
my country. But in spite of my exertions I 
must have lost consciousness, for I was sud- 
denly startled by hearing some voice halloaing 



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to me, and looking up I expected to see some 

hardy Cape Ann fisherman attending to his 

trawls ; but I was disappointed, for all I saw 

was fog and a deep heavy swell on the water, 

but I knew by the scene before me that I was 

on the southern edge of the Grand Banks of 

Newfoundland as well as if. it had been a 

book with large letters, by a kind of inward 

instinct. 

I was then reminded of my half-inch cedar 

boat, and about ioo fathoms of water between 

me and the most magnificent garden in the 

world. The bottom here was well portrayed 

by lines by Southey in his u Kehama," xvi. 5, 

which strangely came to my mind by way of 

contrast, I suppose : — 

" It was a garden still beyond all price — 
Even yet it was a place of Paradise. 

And here were coral-bowers, 

And grots of madrepores, 

And banks of sponge as soft and fair to eye 

As e'er was mossy bed 

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Whereon the wood-nymphs lie, 

With languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours. 

Here too were living flowers, 

Which like a bud compacted, 

Their purple cups contracted, 

And now in open blossom spread, 

Stretch'd, like green anthers, many a seeking head, 

And arborets of jointed stone were there, 

And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's thread, 

Yea, beautiful as mermaid's golden hair 

Upon the waves dispread. 

Others that like the broad banana growing, 

Raised their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, 

Like streamers wide outflowing." 

But I am departing from my course, and 
such a contrast from the bottom of the sea 
to the top and our real condition ! Occa- 
sionally 1 hear the well-known quack of 
what the sailors call hagdens, a sea-bird 
familiar hereabouts. I will to my dreary 
log again. 

Wind N.W. for the first time since we 
started, course E.S.E., very light winds these 
last twenty-four hours. Did not sail over 
seventy-five miles. Rain, fog. Some whales. 



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Two ships so far away could not speak them. 
Running by dead reckoning now. Feel 
better than I expected, but not very well 
anyway. These last two weeks have been 
very hard on an old cripple like me. We 
hope for a better show now that we are up to 
the Grand Banks. When we see a ship the 
fog will shut her out, so we cannot get correct 
longitude, as we have no chronometer, and 
if we did it would be hard on the chrono- 
meter. 

Sunday, June 30th. — Wind W., course 
E.S.E. Foggy. In the gulf stream to the 
southward of the Grand Banks, making our 
little five miles an hour now. Made a good 
100 miles these last twenty-four hours. Made 
for two different ships to-day, but could not 
catch them. Baked beans for breakfast. 
Cleared up. Will write a letter and send it 
home by first vessel we can put it on board 
of. 

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This boat, I find, is awfully hard to steer 
in strong winds. She draws so little water, 
and is so round on the bottom. Only for 
our Bakers compass we would not be any- 
where. 

Wind increases. No observation to-day. 
Rain at intervals. Saw a fine ship behind us 
just after a shower ; as she bore down we 
laid alongside and spoke her; proved to be 
the American ship " James H. Fish," of 
Thomaston, Maine, Captain Brown, bound 
to England. They got ready to pick us up, 
and were surprised when they found out 
that we were going farther than they were. 
Saw three women on board. Gave us his 
reckoning, and said he would report us. 
Latitude 43 N., longitude 47.16 W. Wind 
increased to a gale ; had to reef. 

Two hours after tried to put square sail on, 
but came near being swamped. Concluded 
to heave to at the drogue. Wind N.W. 



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We are drifting on our course. These are 
what Ralph Tomlinson calls " Cap Seas." 
Ralph Tomlinson is my brother-in-law. He 
told me that if we got by these seas, we 
should go over all right ; but I took no notice 
of what he said till we got here. He is an 
Englishman, and has made many trips in a 
large steamer as engineer. 

o o 

Monday, July 1st. — Got under way at 9 
a.m. Saw five flying-fish. Walter caught 
a nautilus in our bucket, examined it, was 
disgusted, threw it away. Saw some rud- 
der-fish. Lost my hat overboard, and got 
it again. Just as I was turning in this 
morning a sea boarded us, and about a barrel 
of water came into the bunk, completely 
saturating me and the bed. One sea swept 
our lantern overboard from its lashing be- 
hind the mast. We had to put it behind 
the mast to keep the wind and waves from 
putting it out. We are 100 miles east of 



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southern edge of Grand Bank of Newfound- 
land. While heaving to last night, saw 
green light bearing down on to us. Hauled 
out our lantern to show a light, but it went 
out. Got the binnacle light, which is called 
a hurricane, and that went out too. Kept 
lighting them and passing them out one after 
the other several times. Finally the vessel 
passed a short distance from us at the rate 
of twelve knots an hour. Felt relieved 
somewhat. This is another of the luxuries 
of this kind of navigation. 

Wind N.W. Got no observation, but more 
rain ; just as well, perhaps. Wet, wet, every- 
thing wet. Drifted twenty miles up to 42 
N. 

Can it be possible ? " Hand me the 
quadrant, quick, Walter, the sun is gleaming ! 
Ah, I have him. Yes, I have. Latitude 
43.10 N., longitude 46.30 W. How 
fortunate! Went sixty-six miles more. By 



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this time the seas were running mountains 
high. 

Tuesday, July 2nd. — Hove to at 6 a.m. 
Remained at drogue all day. Wind N.W., 
a gale, terrible tide, rips. More rain ; 
fearful waves. During the day saw many 
Mother Carey's chickens dashed down on 
to the waves in a helpless condition. What 
a scene for a painter; but who could paint 
it? 

A Swedish barkentine, named " Rudolph 
Gren," or something similar, passed near 
enough to speak to us. But we could not 
understand. They were going to heave to, 
but we beckoned to them to go along, which 
they did. Saw several vessels bound east 
and west. Rain and fog; cap seas. On 
edge of the stream. We allow one and a 
half miles an hour drift while at the drogue. 
I have given up trying to keep a real log, 
and make a mixture of log and memoranda. 



88 A Daring Voyage. 

As we are situated now we don't know "what 
moment will be our next/' as Mrs. Parting- 
says. 

Wednesday, July 3rd. — Wind N.N.W. 
Remained at drogue all day. Blowing a 
gale. 

Saw several vessels bound E. and W. 
Rain and cold. No hot drinks to-day. 
Drifted about thirty miles up to 12 noon ; 
am about used up. Lat. 43.10 N., long, 
44.56 W., a fearful sea running. 

"A life on the ocean wave," 

The man who wrote it was green ; 
He never had been to sea, 

And a storm he never had seen. 

Thursday, July ^th. — Drank the bottle of 
lager that we had been saving for this 
occasion. Wind N.W. Lay at drogue all 
day. The most dangerous waves we have 
had to contend with yet. Towel washed 
overboard. Saw several sails going east. 



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Good day for them, poor day for us. No 
celebration for us but Nature's display of 
phosphorescent lights at night, much to our 
annoyance, often mistaking some of them for 
real lights for a few seconds. My mind was 
often on Boston Common. How strange 
the contrast ! We place our lantern behind 
the mast, so that vessels going east and west 
can see it. Vessels from north cannot see 
it. 

Friday, July ^th. — Hauled in the drogue 
at half-past 3 a.m. Wind W. Got under 
way. Wind shifted to S.W., then S., then 
S.E. Terrible chop sea. Came to drogue 
again at 12 noon. After two hours we 
hauled in the drogue again, wind N., and we 
drove her for twenty-five miles. When we 
lay down inside of this cockle-shell, and she 
is making time, which she does sometimes, 
you would think forty men were at work on 
the outside of her, and launching her at the 



90 A Daring Voyage. 

same time. At night the wind was light to 
westward. More rain. The sun shines in 
Paris, I thought, and we shall see it there by- 
and-by. 

Saturday, July 6tk. — Wind nowhere. Up 
and down like Paddy's hurricane. After our 
toilet we saw barque ahead. Got out our oars, 
and soon had a fine ash breeze, and spoke 
Norwegian barque " M. Jollner," Captain 
Corneilinsen, from Gloucester to Baltimore, 
twenty-four days out, lat. 44 N., long. 42 W. ; 
gave us three bottles of Allsopp's pale Indian 
ale, for use in sickness only. While eating 
dinner we were both taken awfully sick, and 
two bottles disappeared. More rain off and 
on. No observation. Wind S.W.; run under 
square sail all night. Storm brewing. Dur- 
ing the day we made good time, almost 
burying the poor little " Nautilus " in the 
waves, 

Sunday, July 7th. — Wind S.W. Blowing 



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a gale. Hove to at the drogue at daylight. 
The worst storm for us yet. One sea went 
three feet over my head while fixing the 
chaffing gear on the drogue line. More 
rain. Wind moderate in the evening, and 




Sun-Fish (p. 92). 

we put the square sail on. Run all night. 
At daylight put lateen sail on. When it 
is moderating after a storm, the waves 
slop over us worse than when it is 
blowing hard. Porpoises, skipjacks, Mother 



92 A Daring Voyage. 

Carey's, &c. Saw several sun-fish ; never 
could make out what they were ever made 
for. I have been told their oil from the liver 
is highly beneficial for rheumatism. 

Monday, July Zth. — Winds S. Spoke 
British ship " Republic," of Yarmouth, N.S., 
Captain Gold, bound to Antwerp, Belgium. 
Gave us half loaf of bread, half loaf of cake, 
and two dough-nuts ; long. 36.30 W. Wind 
E. and S.E. Foggy; more rain. Shortly after 
spoke British ship " Khedive," of Hartle- 
pool, bound to Boston. Gave lat. 45.05 N., 
long 37.50 W., a difference of only eighty 
miles in two hours. Remarks are unneces- 
sary. Forgot to send my letter. It is a 
difficult thing to get near these ships without 
getting smashed when a heavy sea is run- 
ning. Foggy, and more rain. Wind N.E. 
Saw steamship bound west. Eat cake and 
dough-nuts for breakfast, and soft bread for 
dinner. Puts me in mind of the Parker 



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House in war times. We are about half 
way across the ocean now, twenty-five days 
out. Everything has been against us, it 
seems. Oh ! that we could have a pleasant 
day to dry some of this trash — for it is trash 
now. 

Tuesday, July gth. — Wind variable ahead. 
Foggy, and more rain. We hardly ever 
show a light in the night now unless we see 
one, and that is not very often. Run ninety 
miles. Course as close as we can lay it. 
No sails to-day. 

Wednesday, July 10th. — W T ind S.W. ; 
foggy. More rain. No observation. Run 
190 miles. That's getting up and getting 
on, for a small boat. Course E. by S. half S. 
Saw steamer and topsail schooner half-mile 
to leeward ; run for them ; could not head 
them off; blew horn to attract attention and 
show them some tall sailing, then bore away 
on our course. 



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Thursday, July nth. — Wind W. ; foggy. 
More rain for a change. For two hours 
Niagara Falls were discounted, a regular 
cataract of rain. Sun showed himself for a 
few minutes. Weather too ugly to try for 
an observation. Run 150 miles more. 
Making up now for lost time. Course E. by 
S. half S. No sails. 

Friday \ July 12th, — Wind S. ; stormy; 
foggy. More rain, just to keep us cool and 
save washing ourselves. No observation. 
Course S.E. Run 190 miles. We usually 
heave to in weather like this, but we are 
anxious to get this job off our hands now. 
So we put the square sail on, and the wind 
working to the W., we drove her before it. 
Some of the waves would come over her 
stern and go the whole length of her, 
burying her completely ; but she did nobly, 
and brought us out all right side up, with 
care. No sails. 



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Saturday \ July \$th. — Foggy and misty ; 
wind W. and N.W. Fog breaks away and 
sun comes out occasionally. Very cool. 
Ginger tea for breakfast. Rough water. 
Course E. by S. Spoke British barque 
" Martha," of Shoreham, bound to some 
creek in Nova Scotia. Long. 30 W. Got 
observation to-day, the first for eighteen 
days. Lat. 46.43. N. Pleasant in after- 
noon, which raises our spirits somewhat. 
Fog again at night, very thick. Run ninety 
miles. Course E. by S. half S. 

Sunday, July 14th. — Foggy. Sun gleams 
occasionally. Opened one of our tin cans of 
hard bread. It' is bully. Saw a fearful 
string of skipjacks jumping out of the water, 
and large fish similar to horse-mackerel, 
dolphins in chase, coming out five feet in the 
air, after them. They were getting their 
breakfast. Saw two sails. Wind N. 
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beans hot for dinner. Any quantity of 
porpoises, the wolves of the ocean. Lat., by 
observation, 46.51. N.; long. 28.10 W.; N. 
wind. Water smooth. We have only seen 
the moon several seconds for the first two 
quarters. 

Monday, July \$th. — Wind E. and 
variable ; smooth water. Spoke British 
brigantine " Maid of Llangollen," Captain 
Wellington Ring, of St. John's, N.B., 
from Port Madoc for St. John's, in ballast. 
Went on board, took dinner and lunch in 
afternoon. Lat. 47.10 N. ; long. 28 W. 
Exchanged some of our grub for his ; 
stretched our legs, and had a real good time 
generally. Sent my letter home ; feel like a 
new man. Saw the moon several times in 
the night. When we had plenty of wind, 
we wanted it moderate ; now we have it 
moderate, and we want more wind. Such is 
life. Can make no course. The fo£ bank 



The L og of the " Nautilus, " 97 

in the eastern sky was black as ink, and 
dismal is no name for it. The " Nautilus " 
reminded me of the meeting of Philip 
Vanderdecken and his father, the captain of 
the phantom ship, for the last time before 
dissolution. 

Tuesday, July 16th. — Wind E. and 
variable ; very light. Saw five sails going 
to westward. Got observation. Lat. 46.49 
N., long. 27.25 W. Get some wind in after- 
noon, but it shifts frequently, blowing in 
strong gusts. At midnight saw green light 
and shadow approaching off the starboard 
bow. Showed my light (which I keep under 
the seat now for two reasons — viz., we get 
the heat from it and can see more distinctly), 
and bore down on him, but he bore away 
from me, taking me for a steamer or a non- 
descript ; but I gave chase, and getting over 
their scare, they hove to. I ran alongside 
and explained things. She proved to be 

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the Norwegian barque ''Franc," Captain 
Petersen ; gave long. 25. W. 

The captain knew my friend Modie in 
Boston. Also had read of us in the papers. 
Could not make us out. Had to rub his 
eyes a long time before he would believe 
that he was awake, and that we were really 
a legitimate Yankee craft. Wanted us to 
come on board, but we declined, and bidding 
him good-bye, shot under his bow, and in a 
moment. were lying our course (which took 
him fifteen minutes to do), and were ready to 
"pass along another one." For the last week 
my chronometer watch has been useless to 
me, refusing to stay wound, something hav- 
ing given out inside of the works, leaving me 
without longitude or time of day — a very bad 
mishap. 

Weather predictions by our barometer 
(my judgment) fair, set fair. Course E. by 
S. half S. 



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ea Serpent Story. — 
Wednesday, July i jth. 
— Wind S.S. W. ; 
course E. by S. half S.; 
sea smooth. These 
good weather spells 
kind of knock spots 
out of our ideas of 
making a quick pas- 
sage. Just thirty-four days out. I never took 
much stock about sea serpents, but I have 
good reason to believe, after what I saw last 
evening, before dark, that there are denizens 
of the deep that have never been thoroughly 
explained or illustrated by our zoological 
societies. It was during a moment of 
intense calm, and I had been watching some 
whales sporting and spouting at a short dis- 
tance behind me, when, on turning and look- 
ing in the opposite direction, I was startled 

to see what appeared to be a part of a huge 
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monster in the shape of a snake ; it was 
about two hundred feet off. I saw twelve or 
fifteen feet of what appeared to be the tail of 
a huge black snake from five to fifteen inches 
in diameter, the end being stubby, or round, 
and white. It was in the air in a corrugated 
shape in motion, and in the act of descending. 
I also saw a dark shadowy form in the water 
corresponding with the tail ; also the wake 
on the water as if more had just gone down, 
the whole being in motion after the manner 
of a snake ; also heard the noise of the 
descending part, and saw the splash on the 
water. 

Walter being just at that moment at the 
cuddy, where I keep the hatchet, getting some 
tea for supper, I told him to pass me the 
hatchet quick, which he did. He heard the 
splash and saw the form in the water. I 
wanted the hatchet, not because I thought I 
should have to use it, but because I thought 



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it would be a good thing to have it handy, in 
case I should want to use it. Walter had a 
swim an hour before near the boat, and the 
thought of sea serpents being around kind of 
took away his relish for that kind of sport for 
the present. 

During the night we heard from time to 
time the most horrid noises behind us that we 
have ever heard on the water — splashing 
and breathing in a loud wheezy manner, but 
that we took to be whales. This morning 
we saw and heard whales beating the water 
with their tails three miles off, throwing 
the water to a great distance in the air. 
We thought if they only saw fit to give the 
" Nautilus " one of those blows, that would 
settle our case here and save funeral ex- 
penses. 

Thursdays July i&th. — Wind light, E. 
and S.E. At daylight saw three sails on 
horizon bound to westward. We spoke the 



102 A Daring Voyage. 

middle one, the British brigantine " Nellie 
Crosby," of Yarmouth, N.S., Captain Bain, 
from England to Baltimore, Md., long. 24.30 
W. Invited us on board to breakfast. Had 
a very sociable time ; furnished us with a few 
luxuries we were in need of. No observa- 
tion ; rather chilly ; we make but little east- 
ing. Last night Walter was taken with 
haemorrhage, coughing up considerable quan- 
tities of blood ; he said he felt better after it 
apparently ; continued bleeding through the 
night at intervals. We made about thirty 
miles. Captain Bain said he had seen several 
sea serpents. 

Friday, July igtk. — Light easterly winds, 
and we make considerable leeway ; course 
doubtful. Passed between a brig and a 
brigantine about 8 a.m., bound west. Did 
not feel like speaking either of them, as we 
are in want of nothing but land. Fortune 
seems to have been against us from the send 



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off, and we have given up all hopes of a quick 
passage. For twenty-six days the " Nautilus " 
did not rest a moment that she could sail ; but 
our ignorance of certain localities, and having 
to heave to so often, everything being satu- 
rated with water, discouraged us. A quick 
passage is possible now, but not probable. 
Our health has been good beyond expecta- 
tion, outside of Walter's haemorrhage (I hardly 
understand that — he says he feels better every 
time after bleeding), neither of us being un- 
able to perform our respective duties. 

Although with a little reluctance for a mo- 
ment sometimes, did we turn out of our 
" cubby hole " into the cold wet storm and 
dense darkness with fog, for eighteen con- 
secutive days and nights that we passed 
without sun, moon, or stars to cheer us, to 
perform our task of four hours or more at the 
helm, to keep our faithful look-out before and 
behind, and to watch the compass with the 



104 A Daring Voyage. 

utmost scrutiny without having been fairly- 
asleep ; and if sleep did come it was disturbed 
by dreams of a restless imagination that we 
were even then on duty, and had been for a 
week, and about to be relieved, instead of 
being off duty and about to go on. 

No observation to-day, old Sol not turning 
out till too late, and then only showing the 
outlines of his welcome countenance. Course 
north by east. A few whales put in an 
appearance, and seemed to wonder what kind 
of a young visitor had dared to disturb the 
sanctity of their reservation. But seeing that 
we were decorous, no doubt they concluded 
to be so likewise, and permitted us to loiter 
around. While working out dead reckoning, 
a grampus, twenty-five feet long, gave us his 
unpleasant company, often coming within a 
few feet of us. Of course my little hatchet 
had to be brought into requisition. I made 
the remark to Walter that it was laying off 



The Log of the " Nautilus" 105 

our course under difficulties when we had to 
keep side-arms on top of the chart. He had 
numerous scars on his hide, reminding me of 
previous combats with foes no doubt, and I 
told him two were company enough for us 
and three a crowd, and that his room was 
better than his presence. At his departure 
I was relieved. 

Wind W. Two ships ahead bound W. 
Changed our course to speak them. The 
first was the American ship "Annie H. 
Smith," of New York, Captain Roderick, 
from Hull, England, to New York, U.S.A. 
Lat. 48.06 N. ; long. 24 W. Gave us his 
best wishes for success, and his last words 
that I could hear were, " Bully for you." The 
other was the British barque "J. B. Duffus," 
Captain Buckley, bound to Philadelphia, 
Penn. He said that he did not want to go 
to Havre with us. Wind N.E. ;'we stand to 
the southward. The bottom of the " Nau- 



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tilus" is covered with barnacles, retarding 
our headway considerably. Passed two more 
ships in the night ; tried to speak one of them, 
but he was afraid, and ran off. Walter u 
haemorrhage is worse. Walter says he is not 
afraid to die, but he wants to get over first. 

Saturday, July 20th. — W T ind variable, all 
easterly and light. No observation to-day. 
Picked up six feet of the figure-head of some 
vessel ; it was gilded and very handsome. 
No sails to-day. Rainbow in the morning, 
sailors take warning. " Scotch mist " and 
foggy, off and on. There is one thing cer- 
tain ; if we are not old sailors, we are old salts, 
our clothes being full of salt. The porpoises 
had great fun with us this evening, jumping 
out and falling on their backs and every way 
possible for them to. Run and course for the 
land somewhere. Walter's haemorrhage con- 
tinues. You can imagine my thoughts under 
the circumstances. 



The Log of the " Nautilus •" 107 

Sunday, July 21st. — Wind N., light and 
foggy. I managed by considerable perse- 
verance to steal an observation to-day. 
Lat. 47.58 N. ; long., dead reckoning, 20.30 
W. Observed the Sabbath with one usual 
custom of our town, viz., baked beans and 
coffee for breakfast ; we had no brown bread, 
the baker did not come round, and we could 
not get to Elm Square or Stickney's (at 
Beverly), so we made a virtue of necessity. 
Course E. by S, Five sails, and a few 
whales : "A rhyme, if you take it in time." 

Plenty of tide-rips these twenty-four hours. 
We are working up to the course of the West 
Indiamen home to England for a change. 
Run about eighty miles. Spoke American 
barque " C. L. Carney," of New York, Cap- 
tain Jackson, from New York to Dunkerque 
in France, with a cargo of kerosene oil. Went 
on board, took lunch and supper, and had a 
splendid time, the captain sparing no pains in 



108 A Daring Voyage. 

our behalf, and will always be in my esteem a 
gentleman. Captain Jackson gave Walter a 
bottle of Friar's balsam, which stopped his 
bleeding after that, In the evening, a breeze 
springing up from the westward, I returned 
to the " Nautilus " and shot ahead of the 
barque, telling them I would report them in 
France, creating laughter ; but the wind in- 
creasing I was compelled to soon follow in 
his wake, which I did for an hour, a lively 
conversation passing. But the large waves 
soon made me fall behind, to my regret. 

Oh, bury me not in the deep, deep sea ; 
These words came low and mournfully 
At the close of the day, &c. 

Monday, July 22nd. — Wind fresh from 
the south. Plenty of sails in sight. Going 
E. and W. Spoke British barque " Lizzie J. 
Leslie," of Liverpool, N.S., bound to Liver- 
pool, England ; lat. 47.22 N.,long. 18.30 W., 
Captain Holbrook. Asked if I had my 



The Log of the " Nautilus? 109 

reckoning. Told him I had, and gave it to 
him. He said it was about right. Spoke 
German barque " Alster," of Hamburg, from 
New York to Hamburg, Captain Switzer. 
Spoke Norwegian barque " Floke," of Sta- 
vanager, Captain Englebretzen. Spoke 
American barque " Albina," of New York, 
Captain Goodfellow, bound to the port of 
Dunkerque, France. Spoke British ship 
"Annot Lyle," of Liverpool, England, from 
New York to Cork, Ireland, Captain Hinck- 
ley. At night it came on thick, and rain is 
no name for it. Oh, how it did blow ! Hove 
to under sail at midnight. Chop sea running. 
WindW., changed to N.N-W. Got under 
way again at 3 a.m. Run 215 miles. How 
is that for high speed ? 

Tuesday, July 23rd. — Wind W.N.W. ; 
course E.S.E. Rain and mist with squalls. 
Making nine miles an hour. Hove to, and 
spoke Italian brig " Pape," bound to Queens- 



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town, Ireland ; Captain Nocomprehend, 
speakee too much Italian for us. Latitude 
48.30 N. ; longitude 17 W. The " Nautilus " 
is working now all she is good for. Saw a 
splendid meteor at night. When it burst it 
lit up all around like a sky-rocket. Passed a 
log twenty-five feet long and two feet in 
diameter, that would damage a ship if struck 
right — not to speak of our little half-inch 
boat. Also passed a trunk, skipjacks, and 
porpoises, dolphins, &c. Our " Nautilus " now 
reminds me of Longfellow's " Hiawatha," 
where " Every stride he strode a mile." 

Wednesday \ July 2\th. — Wind N.W. ; 
rain at intervals ; heavy sea running. The 
" Nautilus" is doing her level best, under reefs, 
to get over this wet place, and. it does seem 
that we are a long time. But time will tell, 
and blood too. Course E. by S. half S. 
Two sails passed us bound to the eastward. 
Very hard, but I got sight from old Sol to- 



The Log of the " Nautilus ." 1 1 1 

day. Latitude by observation 48.18 N. We 
are off our course pretty bad, about fifteen 
miles from where I intended to be. Longi- 
tude, D.R., 14.30 W. There is more water 
between England and America than I ever 
dreamed of, especially when you come in a 
small boat like this. A little bad advice in 
regard to the current, which sets S.W. here, 
will explain everything. Tremendous long 
seas. 

Thursday, July 25th. — Wind S.W., with 
fog and rain ; wind shifted to N.W. Course 
by observation E. ; latitude by observation 
48.44 N.; longitude, D.R., 11.30 W. Passed 
two sails going to W. ; fog lifted a spell. 
Had a wash up, &c. We have not done 
much fishing this trip, the extent of our 
catch being two nautili, one rudderfish, two 
barnacles off our boat's bottom, one bottle of 
wine, with two clubs tied to it, from a good 
captain, one Mother Carey's chicken (which 



ii2 A Daring Voyage. 

flew into our sail and fell into my lap), and 
last night a skipjack jumped into Walter s 
lap while steering. Total, eight ; so far, a 
curious fare for two fishermen, surely ! 

We have a rousing breeze from the N.W., 
making our miles to go less all the time. 
It does seem as though we were never to 
see the end of the ocean ahead. Spoke 
steamship " Daniel Steineman," of Antwerpen, 
Belgium, longitude 10.30 W. Said he would 
report us at Southampton, England. Hove 
to under sail, and remained most all night. 
Fearful high and bad seas. We are nearing 
Great Sole Bank, and are now on soundings. 
Bully for us. The " Nautilus " here threw her 
boom over the top of her mast three times, 
and we had to jibe here three or four times 
in order to get it back again. 

Friday, July 26th. — Started at daylight, 
and ran on to the Great Sole Bank. Oh, 
what a place for a cockle-shell like this to be 



The Log of the " Nautilus!" 113 

found in ! I did all that anybody could do, 
but had to heave to with sail up, and finally 
was compelled to put out the drogue at 3 p.m., 
and remained all night. Saw two ships, 
close-reefed, bound to S.W. This is the 
worst we ever did see. Here we are in the 
middle of Rennel's Current, with a N.W. 
gale a-howling actually between life and 
death, and so near across too ! More rain. 
The water was blown into smoke with the 
wind. Had to throw some oil this time for 
our lives, and no mistake ! It is no wonder 
that the little u John T. Ford," of Baltimore, 
was lost in this vicinity by her ballast shift- 
ing. But few boats could live here under 
these circumstances, and the " Nautilus " has 
her hands full. 

" Yet rock'd in the ctadle of the deep, 
In the ' Nautilus ' I lay me down to sleep." 

Saturday, July 2 t jtk. — Wind N.W. Rain 

and mist clouds. It moderates. We must 

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ii4 A Daring Voyage. 

get away from here if we have any regard 
for our lives. If we have not, this is a grand 
place to perish, and but One to know it ! 
Ginger tea, hard bread, and the last of our 
salt beef do the work. Get under way at 9 
a.m. After running twenty miles we spoke 
the French barque " St. Pierre," of Bordeaux 
(Captain Servet), from Monte Video, South 
America, for Falmouth, England. Saw 
two more sails bound E. and W. Captain 
Servet wanted to take us on board, boat and 
all, thinking that we were a French boat 
blown off from shore. Was pleased and 
surprised to find out that we were going to 
Paris. Latitude by observation 49.02 N. ; 
longitude 8.20 W. Water quite sloppy now ; 
forty-four days from home. Breezes up, and 
we lay our course for the Scilly Isles. 
Course E. by S. 

Sunday \ July 2%th. — Wind comes around 
to S.E., which makes a bad, choppy sea, 



The Log of the " Nautilus? 115 

causing the " Nautilus " to pound awfully and 

quiver in every part of her, and a furious 

wind compels us to drift towards St. 

George's Channel. Hove to for an hour or 

so. At 3 p.m. got under way, and stood 

back into the English Channel. Could 

smell the new-mown hay, and knew by the 

great quantity of rock-weed, and the colour 

of the water, also the ground swell that was 

on, that we were in the vicinity of Old 

England. The mist lifting in the N.E. and 

S.W., we saw Bishop's Rock Lighthouse at 

8 p.m., which makes us forty-five days from 

Thatcher's Island Lighthouse — the fastest 

time for any small sailing-boat. Hurrah for 

the " Nautilus " ! We left Thatcher's Island, 

Cape Ann, at 9.30 p.m., June 12th, and made 

Bishop's Rock at 8 p.m., July 28th, just one 

hour and a half less than forty-five days. 

Monday, July 29th. — Wind all round the 

compass. It moderates. Spoke Italian brig 
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1 1 6 A Daring Voyage. 

"Giulietta" (Julietta), Captain Antonio Walin- 
za, from Monte Video to Falmouth, England, 
latitude 47.19 N., longitude 6.25 W. Went 
alongside, and he gave us a drink of brandy 
and a bottle of wine. Wind to the eastward, 
and we make the Scillys again ; go within 
a mile of some of the group. Spoke pilot 
boat " Gem," of the Scillys, a Channel 
groper ; they wanted a job, but we declined. 
More fog and rain as usual. The Italian 
brig took a pilot and went to the N.W. of 
Scilly ; we try to make the " Lizard" on the 
S.E. side. A very strong current is trying 
to carry us towards the islands, but with a 
fresh breeze from the north we object. 

Tuesday, July $Qth. — Make Runnelstone 
Head at daylight; wind N.E. " Thou art 
so near and yet so far." Spoke pilot-boat 
" Norman," of Falmouth. Wind died out, 
and we drifted out of sight of land. Air 
murky. Spoke two more pilot-boats. Make 



The Log of the u Nautilus" 1 1 9 

the land again near Penzance. Speak with 
some fishing-boats in regard to fish. 

Wednesday, July 31^/. — Made the Lizard 
Point at daylight, and stand out into the 
great race off the point. Wind E., and a 
spring tide ; and this is the first time this 
voyage that I have been really surprised. 
Made up my mind that I knew but little 
about the English Channel, and did not want 
to know any more just now ; but the 
" Nautilus " was good for it, and came out 
in two hours all right. Spoke schooner 
"Ierne," Capain Hooper, bound from Fal- 
mouth to Liverpool ; he gave us a loaf of soft 
tack, and a can of corned beef; also some 
good advice in regard to Channel navigation. 
Many thanks. 

We then sailed down the iron-bound coast 
of old Cornwall, the scene of hundreds of 
wrecks, not one of which ever got off; the 
place where in bygone days vessels were 



120 A Daring Voyage. 

lured to destruction by means of false beacon- 
lights during storms ; the cradle and hot-bed 
for smugglers and pirates ; the home of Jack 
the Giant Killer ; and a better abode for 
giants, seen as I now see it, could not be 
imagined. Bleak and desolate, with nume- 
rous caves — well, I will not undertake to 
describe the first land I made, or the Land's 
End; and I confess I had my mind occupied ; 
and whether the old habits did not show up 
now occasionally I was in doubt, but I will 
put in and stand the consequences, be what 
they will ; and seeing a small piece of sandy 
beach about forty feet long, thought it would 
be a good place for a swim, and till the wind 
would change ; and so it was I went in with 
flying colours, and anchored within a few 
feet of an immense boulder to protect me 
from the wind, and such a din as the gulls 
and the wild birds set up I never heard. 
It was Mullion Cove, coastguard and life- 



The Log of the " Nautilus" 1 2 1 

saving station. How fortunate we are safe ! 
And now to a little toilet and some dinner, 
for it must be past noon, and I have not 
tasted a morsel to-day. After dinner a boat 
came alongside from the pilot cutter " Grand 
Turk," Captain George Cox, of Falmouth, 
and Jacob Harris heard for the first time 
that this was the " Nautilus," all the way 
from America. 

Ideas rather confused ! Can it be possible 
that America is across the sea ? Why I used 
to think it was England. Ah, the situation 
is changed ; yes, and such a change too. 
Walter took the jug and went ashore with 
Harris to get some water, and soon the 
new arrival was telegraphed to the ends 
of the earth. I then visited the " Grand 
Turk," and they did all in their power to 
make us comfortable. I declined to go on 
shore to-day, as my log and chart must be 
attended to. 



122 A Daring Voyage. 

Thursday, August ist. — Wind E., blow- 
ing a gale. The Mounts Bay is full of 
storm-stayed shipping. It is very fortunate 
for us that we are here, or we should be 
blown clear off soundings, no doubt. 
Hauled the " Nautilus" on shore and scraped 
the barnacles from her bottom. They were 
over an inch long, and were all carried off by 
curiosity-seekers. A part of my log, 4000 
words, was copied here, to be telegraphed to 
the New York Herald by special and district 
correspondents, by request of James Gordon 
Bennett, and also to London papers. Took 
dinner with coastguardsman Parland Griffiths. 
Took supper at the Old Inn, kept in town by 
Miss Mary Mundy, at the special invitation of 
Rev. E. G. Harvey, a " Friend in need and 
a friend indeed " to us. 

Friday ■, August 2nd. — Wind E. Gale 
increasing. Bay full of shipping, including 
several steamships. Had chads for break- 



The Log of the " Nautilus!' 1 23 

fast on board the " Grand Turk." I have a 
severe attack of indisposition. This part 
of England is renowned for its ancient re- 
mains, and I wish that I could personally 
inspect them. The church here, built in 
the fifteenth century, occupies the site of 
one built in the twelfth century. Got a 
trophy from the fount. The houses here are 
all built of stone and mortar whitewashed, 
about one storey and a half high. The 
" Nautilus " was photographed to-day. (This 
is the view given on our title-page.) Got 
some advice from Captain Edwards in regard 
to the Channel, and a guide-book. 

Sahtrday, A ugust $rd. — Wind N . E . 
Some of the vessels left to-day to make a 
hitch farther up the coast, and not to be 
found here if the wind should veer to S.W., 
as it often does, for many mariners have 
rendered up their lives here under those 
circumstances ; but as the barometer has not 



124 A Daring Voyage, 

changed, and to-morrow being Sunday, I 
shall remain to attend a regular Church of 
England service by the Rev. E. G. Harvey. 
Rained at intervals during the day. I do 
not want to land again after I leave here till 
I get to Havre, France, and then I want 
a good spell on shore. Had a Cornish pastie 
for supper, and slept on board the " Nautilus." 
It was my intention before starting to 
secure at least one porpoise and a shark, 
as trophies of the adventure, and for that 
purpose I procured a porpoise iron, or 
harpoon. I could have captured hundreds 
if so inclined ; but as they were my con- 
stant compagnons de voyage, and served to 
occupy my atttention with their sportiveness, 
and knowing that if the whales had the 
desire to capture me they could, much easier 
than I could a porpoise, I decided that 
discretion was the better part of valour, and 



The Log of the" Nautilus? 1 2 5 

concluded that the golden rule of doing to 
others as we would that they should do to us 
would be the right principle after all ; and 
my decision was, if the large fish would not 
molest me, I would not touch those in my 
power. An empty bottle, or even a cork 
floating on the water, often were welcomed 
by me as signs of civilization. 

My greatest precaution, however, was to 
always have a sharp knife in my pocket, so 
that if the boat were capsized, and could not 
be righted again, I could cut a hole through 
her bottom, or the half-inch cedar, and so be 
able to reach my canned provisions. A can 
of Boston baked beans would be just as 
acceptable on one side as the other. But I 
never relished the idea of trying the experi- 
ment. Still, I always had an alternative for 
every disaster. 

Sunday \ August 4th. — Wind W., and light. 



126 A Daring Voyage. 

Got photographs of the " Nautilus," from a 
Helston photographer, who was showing a 
little Yankee enterprise. Took breakfast 
with friend Griffiths. Attended a very- 
interesting service by the vicar, and then 
took dinner with him. A great many visit 
the " Nautilus." This is the only event that 
has happened here outside of shipwrecks for 
many years. Air murky and hazy. Put the 
boat in the water, and anchored off shore to 
be all ready to leave for Havre to-morrow 
morning if possible. 

Monday, August $tk. — Wind E., and 
morning opened with rain. Friend Griffiths 
was our only audience on departure from 
Mullion Cove. A gloomy outlook at day- 
light. On our way to the Lizard Point wind 
veered to S.E. Passed the Stag Rocks, 
they breaking within forty feet of us. My 
previous experience had taught me this, and 
off the Lizard were signalled by the signal 



The Log of the " Nautilus." 127 

station operators. Wind S. Course E. by 
S. half S. Spoke pilot-boats — No. 1, of 
Plymouth, and No. 3, of Falmouth. The 
steamer " Flamingo," of Cork, saluted us. We 
pass many vessels during the day. Oft 
Dodman's, or Deadman's, Point, spoke in the 
night a fishing-smack. Told us to have 
nothing to do with the land. Weather thick 
and rainy at intervals during the night. 
Wind E. Course S.E. and N.E. Beating 
up. Near morning passed the Eddystone 
Lighthouse. 

Tuesday ', August 6th. — Wind E. Foggy 
and drizzly. Wind S.E., wind S. Lay our 
course again. Water sloppy. Spoke 
British barque " Assel." Concluded to make 
the land and be sure of our position. 
Made Bolt Head, then laid our course 
for the Start Point; passed the point, and 
spoke pilot-boat No. 2, of Plymouth, the 
" Allow Me." They presented us with a 



128 A Daring Voyage. 

" Pilot's Guide Book of the Channel," and 
were very anxious to assist us. Such men 
deserved success. Portland then bore 
N.N.E. twenty miles. Told us to improve 
the wind, which was now S.W., with the 
appearance of bad weather. We sailed forty 
miles farther E. by S. half S., then changed 
our course to S. by E., and crossed the 
Channel to the iron-bound coast of France, 
the mariner's dread. Wind W.S.W. 

Wednesday \ August ytk. — Made the land 
between Cape La Hague and Cape Bar- 
fleur, sixty-five miles from Havre. Course 
now S.E. Spoke British steamer " Bru- 
nette," of London. They very kindly offered 
to tow us to Havre, but I thanked them 
and declined the favour, as I have often 
done before on like occasions. We are off 
Cherbourg, where, during our war of the 
rebellion, the "Kearsage" sunk the " Alabama" 
— only think, right on the same spot. We 



The Log of the " Nautilus? 129 

passed through the race of Cape Barfleur, 
which, luckily, was not bad considering 
everything. We passed another steamer, 
and some French pilot-boats. This morn- 
ing it was rough and stormy, with consider- 
able rain ; afternoon very pleasant. Made 
Cape La Heve double lights, that can be 
seen eight leagues, at 9 p.m. Sailed till we 
were within two leagues of them, and hove to 
till daylight. 

Thursday, August &th. — Entered Havre, 
the fine seaport of Paris, this morning,, with 
colours flying. We were met at the outer 
harbour by Mr. A. H. Thompson, of 385, Quai 
de I lie, to whom I had a letter of introduction 
from Mr. C. T. Woodbury. We took his 
boat, which was longer than ours, in tow, and 
under his pilotage entered the docks. Mr. 
Thompson attended to the Custom House 
first, and putting a keeper in the " Nautilus," 
and procuring a cab, proceeded to attend to 

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130 A Daring Voyage. 

the inner as well as the outer man. We 
could not have had a better or more zealous 
friend, and we shall ever look upon him as 
only those in our condition can. It is holiday 
here for two days, and all the streets are gaily 
decorated with bunting of every description, 
and at night the public places are illuminated 
as only the French know how. The voyage 
of the " Nautilus " is over. We were three 
days from Land's End to Havre, making our 
time from Beverley to Havre forty-eight 
days. 

We sleep to-night on a nice feather-bed, 
while the " Nautilus " calmly reposes in Mr. 
Cooper's dry dock. The smallest vessel 
ever in Havre from America before the 
" Nautilus " was a schooner of 213 tons. So 
Mr. Thompson informed me, showing me 
her photograph. The weight of the " Nau- 
tilus " is 600 lbs. 




CHAPTER VI. 

Remarks on the Log. 

Such is the completed log of the "Nautilus," 
as copied out by William Andrews from his 
pencil entries in his pocket-book, day by day. 
It would have been easy to expand the narra- 
tive, as would have been done had the notes 
been put into the hand of a professional author 
to prepare for the press ; but there is far more 
value, as well as real interest, in the plain, 
unvarnished tale, as told by William Andrews, 
when the matter was first in his memory, and 
the rough notes still legible. It only remains 
to add a few notes on the daring voyage, 

and the men who performed it. 
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132 A Daring Voyage. 

On looking at the tiny craft, as we first saw 
it in the Brighton Aquarium, with planking 
only half an inch thick, our wonder was how 
it ever survived the perils of the ocean. It 
looks like a toy-boat, which the waves could 
not fail to overwhelm, and which any of the 
monsters of the deep could have knocked to 
pieces by an angry attack or a playful charge. 

The endurance of* the crew is even more 
wonderful than the frailness of their boat. 
In the little cabin there is not room for a 
grown man to turn over, and it afforded very 
partial rest or shelter. Day after day, and 
night after night, they wore their wet clothes 
unchanged ; their sleep always brief and 
broken, and sometimes they had no rest for 
a week. They had the hot coffee only a few 
times in the forty-five days of the voyage, 
and could eat little. Chewing tobacco, after 
the manner of sailors, seemed their chief 
comfort, and may have lessened the nervous 



Remarks on the Log. 133 

tension, as well as stayed their hunger. 
Their whole reserve force was exhausted in 
the task of getting across, and would not 
have sufficed for this, apart from their in- 
domitable pluck and perseverance. These 
" Beverly boys " do credit to the physical 
constitution and adventurous spirit of the 
New England race. 

These men, as has already been said, were 
not even sailors ; they were artisans, or work- 
ing men, with little nautical knowledge and 
experience. The eldest brother, William A. 
Andrews, was at this time thirty-five years of 
age, and his only experience as part of a 
ship's company had been one trip to the 
Grand Banks, taken more for his health and 
recreation than anything else, as he knew 
that his - share of the receipts would be in- 
sufficient to meet the current expenses that 
would be incurred during his absence from 
home. 



134 <d Daring Voyage, 

As Andrews belonged to a small town on 
the Bay of Massachusetts, his inexperience 
of the sea must be regarded as a neglect of 
early training, but his tastes were not in that 
line. He is a mechanic of some skill, and a 
man of an inquiring mind ; a pianoforte- 
maker by trade, having worked for the well- 
known firm of Chickering and Sons, Boston, 
for about eight years, and other well-known 
manufacturers. He also is an old soldier, 
having served four years and three months 
during the late rebellion with distinction as 
colour-bearer, and being wounded three times. 
He has travelled a good deal through most 
of the States, and has been also in the British 
provinces, Mexico, Panama, and the West 
Indies, 

The younger brother, Asa W. Andrews, 
was then twenty-three years of age, and had 
been to the fishing-ground several times, 
having had several narrow escapes from being 



Remarks on the Log, 135 

lost. He is also a bit of a genius in his way, 
being able to turn his hands to many sorts 
of work — that which pays the best. 

Neither of the men ever before took an 
observation of the sun for finding position at 
sea, and only claim to be average amateur 
boat sailors. Their first observation on 
board the " Nautilus," after her departure 
from Boston, is described in the log. Their 
quadrant was an old one, disused for many 
years, and sadly in want of repairs. Their 
chronometer was a watch, which broke down 
a few days from home, leaving them without 
time altogether. Their longitude could be 
found only by keeping dead reckoning, or 
speaking vessels when convenient, either 
being very defective oftentimes ; their only 
knowledge of the course being from those of 
little or no experience. Their course took 
them into the " Cap Seas," or " Rolling 
Forties " of sailors, to the south and east- 



136 A Daring Voyage. 

ward of the Grand Banks, exposing them 
for weeks to the danger of being engulfed. 

For eighteen days they were without sun, 
moon, or stars, and in the worst of weather. 
Their course was partly in the line of meet- 
ing between the Arctic current and Gulf 
Stream, where the water is always troubled, 
and ready for a commotion at the least wind 
in either direction. Their chart was an old 
second-hand one, without the information of 
those of a later date, and having many bug- 
bears and obsolete rocks. They had a good 
compass, however, one of Baker's, of Boston ; 
for small craft, they say there is not its equal, 
being of great power, and very steady under 
any circumstances. 

With all their disadvantages, they made a 
straighter course across than seventy-five 
ships out of 100. They made the best time of 
any small sailing craft. The first third of the 
voyage took twenty-six days, the other two- 



Remarks on the Log. 1 3 7 

thirds only nineteen days. With _ fair wind 
and weather, they say the voyage could be 
made in twenty-five days. From the 
meridian of Cape Race to Queenstown 
their sailing - time was only twenty - one 
days. 

They counted fourteen separate storms, the 
first lasting four days, and the second five 
days. They drifted over 200 miles on their 
course backwards with a fair wind, and could 
not sail on account of the enormous combing 
waves in the second storm. 

Many old sea-captains even now doubt 
that she came over by fair means, she being 
so slightly built, notwithstanding they spoke 
thirty-seven vessels on the passage, many of 
them in bad weather, all of which reported 
them. A list of the vessels spoken with is 
given in the Appendix. If this book falls 
into the way of any of the crews of these 
ships, they will remember with interest the 



138 A Daring Voyage. 

little craft which caused so much surprise 
when met with on the ocean. 

By a singular coincidence, the elder brother 
always said they would be forty-five days 
crossing the ocean. 

The hardest task, they say, was the bidding 
adieu to family relations and friends before 
the immense throng of spectators assembled 
to see the start. 

With the exception of the mysterious and 
unexplained apparition of one marine monster, 
which suggested recollections of " Sea Ser- 
pent " stories, there was nothing of an unusual 
kind met with during the voyage. There 
were the usual flying visitors in sea-birds of 
various species. Medusae, and other marine 
animals, are familiar to all sailors, and espe- 
cially the " Portuguese man-of-war," often 
loosely confounded with the nautilus of 
warm latitudes. Multitudes of these drifted 
along, with their tiny pink-vein, sail-like mem- 



Remarks on the Log, 139 

branes open to the wind. Andrews main- 
tains, however, that he saw the true nautilus 
also, and we give his own account, of which 
scientific readers may form their own judg- 
ment : — 

" I have seen over a dozen different shapes 
of nautili. I saw at one time, while coming 
from San Francisco to New York (a passenger 
on board of the Pacific mail steamer ' Alaska') 
over a million of nautili, in fact for miles the 
steamer actually ploughed her way through 
them. I don't know what naturalists call the 
nautilus, but the nautilus that my boat is 
named after was often my companion while 
in the Gulf Stream. While in Paris, I saw 
several different kinds of shells from Australia 
with the word 'Nautilus' on them (and the 
word was clipped from my hand-bills to put 
upon them). I believe that even nautili of 
species belonging to southern latitudes may 
be brought to the North Atlantic. The 



140 A Daring Voyage \ 

equatorial current takes them along till they 
reach the coast of South America ; they are 
then drawn into the Caribbean Sea, then 
into the Gulf of Mexico, then out into the 
Atlantic, in a north-easterly direction, till the 
banks of Newfoundland are met. 

" A nautilus has little power of locomotion 
or propulsion. The old story of mariners that 
they have sails and oars, and can work to 
windward, is sheer fable. They are chiefly 
bladders, so to speak, full of air, but with long 
tentacles, perhaps a dozen, three feet, more 
or less, hanging down in the water, their 
means of subsistence. Probably the current 
of water is strong, the wind light, and the 
friction of the water on the tentacles is suffi- 
cient to force them to windwards. 

" I have watched them while in my boat 
on several occasions when we were at the 
drogue and helpless. I saw them apparently 
sailing along splendidly,, and as I would see a 



Remarks on the Log. 141 

huge wave come combing along I would 
watch the effect on them. Many a time I 
have seen them thrown end over end for 
many feet, and after the wave had passed 
they would be on their side or capsized. 
But as the tentacles gradually sank down 
again they would come up right once more 
and gaily continue on to their destiny. I 
don't think they can exist in a low tempera- 
ture ; but if it is the will of the elements that 
they drift to a cold current of water, they must 
perish. Portuguese man-of-war is the name 
given often to nautili by sailors." 

Whales occasionally caused * anxiety, and 
not without good reason, their curiosity bring- 
ing them into closer proximity to the frail 
boat than was pleasant or safe. The droll 
pranks of playful porpoises afforded less 
perilous excitement. They are the very 
monkeys of the ocean, in constant and appa- 
rently aimless activity of motion. Sometimes 



142 A Daring Voyage. 

they appeared as if charging right on to the 
boat, then darting off, bounding across the 
bows, and reappearing in the same tumul- 
tuous hurry at the stern. 

No attempt was made at any scientific 
observations, either as to meteorology or 
natural history, the voyagers having no edu- 
cation in such matters ; but the plain record 
of what was seen and experienced has many 
points of interest. 

On one practical matter some useful ex- 
periments were made. Several times, when 
anchored by the drogue, and when the waves 
seemed perilous and threatening, the power 
of oil to calm the surface and to prevent 
breakers was satisfactorily tested. Having 
one gallon of cod-liver oil, about a quart 
being allowed to drip to leeward, the effect 
was to produce a smooth surface, beneath 
which the swelling waves passed, seldom 
breaking, even during a gale, at the place 



Remarks on the Log. 143 

over which the oil had spread itself. Had 
a larger quantity been available, the effect 
would, no doubt, have been more marked. 

The rig of the boat is the most primitive 
possible. She weighs less with everything 
in her than the ballast of the smallest boat 
that ever crossed before them, and is the only 
boat that ever crossed with only provisions and 
crew. The weight in all was about 600 lbs. 

French papers compared the voyage as 
more like one of Jules Verne's than a reality. 
The voyagers were presented with an 
American flag on their arrival in Paris. 

The " Nautilus " has no air or water-tight 
compartments, cork linings, caulking, self- 
righting, or life-saving apparatus of any kind. 

At the race of the Oxford and Cambridge 
Universities boats' crews on the Thames, 
London, in April, 1879, the Andrews 
Brothers had the honour of flying the only 
American flag on the river, the hon. secre- 



144 A Daring Voyage. 

tary of the Thames Sailing Club, Mr. Gus. 
Wright, kindly tendering them the services 
of his fine yacht, the " Oona," for the day. 
After the race the day was spent in a sail up 
and down the river. 

At the close of the Paris Exposition, where 
it attracted much notice, the " Nautilus" was 
booked to the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, 
London, where it remained on exhibition a 
few days. It was then taken to Brighton. 
Here it remained till the autumn of 1879, 
when it was conveyed to Liverpool. The 
younger Andrews had already returned home, 
and the Captain, after some trouble, which he 
says has turned out for his good, and much 
anxiety as to getting his boat back to America, 
was kindly allowed to have it slung on board 
one of the Cunard liners, in which he worked 
his passage across. We hope he may long 
live to enjoy the fame and more substantial 
fruits of his enterprise. 



Outfit of the " Nautilus? 145 

In conclusion, one of the most interesting 
documents is the subjoined inventory of the 
outfit of the " Nautilus," beginning with— 

Provisions and Stores. 

60 galls, water, in 6 kegs ; 100 lbs. biscuits, 
in air-tight tins ; 30 cans Boston baked 
beans; 10 cans tomatoes and peaches; 10 
cans green corn ; 10 cans green peas ; 7 cans 
St. Louis corned beef; 1 can condensed 
milk ; 1 can grapes, preserved ; 1 can dried 
apples, preserved ; 1 can crab apples, pre- 
served ; 1 can condensed beef; 1 lb. tea; 
10 lb. coffee ; 2 lb. salt ; ~ lb. pepper ; 1 lb. 
salts ; 10 lb. figs ; 2 lb. oatmeal ; 2 lb, Indian 
meal ; ' 2 bottles horse radish ; 1 bottle 
Renne's magic oil ; 2 bottles French mus- 
tard ; 1 doz. lemons ; 1 pepper-caster ; 1 fog- 
horn ; 1 mustard-spoon ; 1 loaf bread \ 1 loaf 
cake ; 1 ham ; 1 gross matches ; 4 knives ; 2 
forks ; 2 spoons ; 1 coffee-pot ; 2 dippers ; 2 



146 A Daring Voyage. 

plates (tin) ; 6 galls, kerosene oil ; 1 gall, 
alcohol ; 1 gall, cod-liver oil, to lay the seas ; 

3 lanterns (white) ; 2 wooden buckets ; 1 jug 
molasses ; 1 jug vinegar ; 1 jug for water ; 

4 boxes sardines ; 1 box Ayer's cathartic 
pills ; 20 lb. tobacco ; 1 can-opener ; 2 bottles 
Irish whiskey; 15 bottles laager beer; 5 
clay pipes ; 1 hammer ; 1 hatchet ; 1 saw ; 4 
bits ; screws, nails, tacks, ; screw-driver ; boat- 
swain's whistle ; 1 life-belt, and other miscel- 
laneous articles too numerous to mention ; 2 
suits of oil-clothes ; 2 pr. rubber boots ; 1 pr. 
mittens; 2 pr. wristers ; 4 towels ; 4 handker- 
chiefs ; 1 bed -tick ; 1 blanket ; 1 pillow ; 1 
cushion ; 1 mirror ; 2 combs ; 1 brush ; 2 
tooth-brushes ; 1 wooden pump for water- 
kegs. 

All our under-clothes, and two good suits 
of clothes, we threw away in England, being 
wet and mouldy. 

Captain Edwards, of Mullyon, kindly 



Outfit of the" Nautilus? 1 4 7 

loaned me a Channel guide after my arrival 
there. Captain of Pilot Boat No. 2, of Ply- 
mouth, the " Allow Me," also presented me 
with a Pilot's guide of English side of the 
Channel. 

Nautical Instruments. 

1 chart, North Atlantic ; 1 quadrant for 
taking lat. and long. ; 1 chronometer watch, 
regulated to Greenwich time ; 1 Baker's oil- 
compass, very nice ; 1 ordinary air-compass ; 
1 boat-compass, or tell-tale ; 2 compass- 
needles, my own manufacture ; 1 parallel 
rule ; 2 pr. dividers. 

Books and Writing Materials. 

1 Holy Bible; 1 Nautical Almanack, for 

getting sun's declination ; 1 Bowditch's 

Navigation Book ; 2 Pocket note-books ; 1 

box of stationery ; 6 lead pencils. 
L 2 



148 A Daring Voyage. 

Miscellaneous. 

2 pieces of leather, 1 piece of canvas, 
and 1 roll of marlin, for chaffing pur- 
poses ; 1 15 lb. anchor; 1 canvas drogue, for 
heaving-to ; 50 fathoms cable ; 2 oars and 
rowlocks ; 2 blocks ; 1 American flag ; 1 
English Union Jack ; 1 French flag; 1 sailor's 
clothes-bag ; 1 sailor's hammock (we used it 
to keep our clothes off from the side of the 
boat) ; 1 fair leader ; 2 spruce poles, for re- 
pairing ; 1 storm sail (try-sail) ; 1 cod-fish 
line ; 1 small-fish line ; 1 log-book, or memo- 
randum ; 1 pr. cutting pliers ; 1 razor ; 1 roll 
copper wire ; 1 small screw-driver ; 2 files ; 
1 hammer ; 1 hatchet ; J saw ; 1 plane ; 1 
coffee-pot ; 1 stewpan ; 1 funnel ; 2 plates 
(tin) ; 2 dippers (tin) ; 1 jar for matches (air- 
tight) ; 1 2-foot rule ; 2 bottles whiskey (Irish), 
for sickness only ; 1 wooden pipe, Walter 
made on the passage ; 1 roll of spare rope ; 



Custom House Certificates. 149 

1 watch-key; 1 kerosene oil-stove (a 
nuisance) ; 1 alcohol lamp (a good thing) ; 
1 sponge ; 1 six-shot revolver ; 2 dozen screw- 
eyes ; 2 dols. in greenbacks, \ dol. in silver. 

We had also six letters to mail to different 
persons in England on arrival. 

Among the documents authenticating the 
voyage are the Custom House certificates on 
departure from Boston and arrival at Havre. 

Custom House, Boston, Mass. 
Collector's Office, 

June 6th, 1878. 
To whom it may concern. 

The bearer, William A. Andrews, 
informs me that he intends starting for 
Havre, France, on Friday next, in the Dory 
" Nautilus," dimensions 19 feet long, 6 feet 7 
inches wide, 2 feet 3 inches deep, with Asa 
W. Andrews for assistant. This is given to 



150 A Daring Voyage. 

show that at this date Mr. Andrews is in my 
office, and is known to me. 

Alanson W. Beard, 
Collector of the Port of Boston. 

Havre, France, 

August 9th, 1878. 
Dr. The American Boat " Nautilus," 
To H. Franque, Ship-broker. 

Board of Health . . . 30c. 
Custom House duties and 

clearance, &c. . . . 3f.2 5c. 



;f.55c 



Republique Franchise. 

Douanes, Port du Havre. Passe-port 
des Navires Etrangers, No. 1754, du Re- 
gistre de Recette. 

Au nom du President de la Republique. 

L' Administration des Douanes Francaises 
donne, par les presentes, au Sr. Wm. A. 
Andrews, du yacht Americain " Nautilus," 



L at est Tidings of the ' ' Nautilus. ' ' 151 

de 1 tonnage 50, Passe-port et permission 
de sortie du port ci-dessus designe, apres 
avoir subi la visite ordinaire, tant du navire 
que de sa cargaison, pour aller a Paris, Pour 
lequel Passe-port, tenant lieu d'un certificate 
il a paye, aux termes de la loi du 27 Ven- 
demiaire, An 2, Art. 37, un franc, outre le 
droit du timbre. 

Delivre au Bureau des Douanes le 8 
Aout, 1878, au Ministere des Finances. 

V. Leesham* 



The " Nautilus" has been on exhibition at 
Boston since its return to America, and 
Captain W. Andrews has had several offers 
to take it to other places. He has preferred 
meanwhile to work quietly at his trade, and 
to enjoy the comforts of home. But in his 
latest letter he says, " You may hear of my 
attempting something again, inside of ten 
years, if I live." 



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Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles, and Ditties. Illustrated 
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Crib and Fly: a Tale of Two Terriers. 

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Lost in the Jungle; A Tale of the Indian Mutiny. By 
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Madelon. By Esther Carr. 

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Norris (Emilia Marry at.) A Week by Themselves. 
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Adrift on the Sea. 
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What became of Tommy. 



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Bertrand Du Guesclin, the Hero of Brittany. By Emile de 
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„ Our Birthdays, and How to Improve them. 
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Father Time's Story Book for the Little Ones. By Kathleen Knox. 

From Peasant to Prince, or The Life op Alexander Prince 
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Among the Zulus : the Adventures of Hans Sterk, South African 

Hunter and Pioneer. By Lieut. -Colonel A. W. Drayson, R.A. 
Boy's Own Toy Maker (The) : a Practical Illustrated Guide to the 

useful employment of Leisure Hours. By E. Landells. 200 

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Little Child's Fable Book. Arranged Progressively in One, Two 

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Little Pilgrim (The). Revised and Illustrated by Helen Petrie. 
Model Yachts, and Model Yacht Sailing: How to Build, Rig, 

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V.M. Y.O. Fcap. 4to. , with 58 Woodcuts. 
Silly Peter: A Queer Story of a Daft Boy, a Prince, and a 

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Phillips, Author of " The Orphans," &c. 
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Strange Butson. 



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Upside Down : a Series of Amusing Pictures from Sketches by the 
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Tales of School Life. By Aones Loudon. 
Wonders of Home, in Eleven Stories (The). By Grandfather 

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Conundrums, Parlour Games, and Forfeits. 
How to Make Dolls' Furniture and to Furnish a Doll's House. 

With 70 Illustrations. Small 4to. 



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Rhymes and Pictures about Bread, Tea, Sugar, Cotton, Coals, 
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%* Each Subject may be had separately. 20c. plain ; 40c. coloured. 

Scenes of Animal Life and Character, from Nature and 
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Surprising Adventures of the Clumsy Boy Crusoe (The). By 
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Aunt Annette's Stories to Ada. By Annette A. Salaman. 

Brave Nelly; or, Weak Hands and a Willing Heart. By 
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Featherland; or, How the Birds Lived at Greenlawn. By 
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Humble Life : a Tale of Humble Homes. By the Author of 
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Kingston's (W. H. G.) Child of the Wreck : or, The Loss of 
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Lee's (Mrs. R.) Playing at Settlers; or, The Faggot House. 

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